Excerpt of the Declaration
Interpreting a Foundational Document. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and four other statesmen at the Continental Congress and signed on July […]
Foundational Document
Drafting the Declaration
A clip from HBO’s John Adams. Thomas Jefferson is generally thought to be the author of the Declaration of Independence, but a committee of five […]
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Foundational Document. Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. for bringing attention to the racial injustices of the South and for his efforts to press government for […]
Federalist #78
Foundational Document. Article III defines the judicial branch, or as the Federalists sometimes referred to it, the “Judicial Department.” It defines the powers of the […]