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Creating the Declaration of Independence - Revolution of the Mind

The American Colonies (1)

The American Colonies

John Mitchell. Map of British and French Dominions in North America, with Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Set[tlements] by Jno. Mitchell, d.f. with Improvements. Amsterdam: I. Covens and C. Mortimer, ca. 1755. Hand-colored engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (1)
[Digital ID# np000009]
 
Benjamin Franklin’s Idea for National Confederation (2)

Benjamin Franklin’s Idea for National Confederation

Benjamin Franklin. Plan of Proposed Union (Albany Plan), 1754. Manuscript. Hazard Papers in the Peter Force Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (2)
[Digital ID# us0002 — us0002_2]
 
Locke's Influence on the American Ideas of Natural Rights (3)

Locke's Influence on the American Ideas of Natural Rights

John Locke. Two Treatises of Government.… The Latter is an Essay Concerning the True, Original Extent, and the End of Civil Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3)
[Digital ID# us0003 — us0003_5]
 
“Pursuit of Happiness” (4)

“Pursuit of Happiness”

Henry Home, Lord Kames. Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion, in Two Parts. Edinburgh, 1751. Thomas Jefferson Library Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (4)
[Digital ID# us0004]
 
America’s Last Monarch—George III (5)

America’s Last Monarch—George III

Thomas Frye. His Most Sacred Majesty George III. London: H. Parker, E. Bakewell, and J. Boydell, 1762. Mezzotint engraving by William Pether. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15713]
 
Mock Funeral Procession for the Stamp Act (9)

Mock Funeral Procession for the Stamp Act

The Repeal, or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp, [1766]. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15709]
 
The Right to Rebel (17)

The Right to Rebel

Thomas Jefferson. A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Williamsburg: Clementina Rind, 1774. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (17)
[Digital ID# us0017 — us0017_7]
 
Causes and Necessity for Rebellion (19a)

Causes and Necessity for Rebellion

Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (19)
[Digital ID# us0019_1a — us0019_3b]
 
A Political Satire on French Alliance (20.1)

A Political Satire on French Alliance

[Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca. [London: Mary Darly, May 6, 1778.] Hand-colored etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (20.1)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17533]
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Battle Joined

The Declaration and Slavery (6)

The Declaration and Slavery

James Otis. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6)
[Digital ID# us0006]
 
Declaration of Independence Rough Draft (34)

Declaration of Independence Rough Draft

Thomas Jefferson. Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, June–July 1776. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (34)
[Digital ID# us0034tt_1 — us0034tt_4]
 
First Printed Version of Declaration of Independence (36.1)

First Printed Version of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, July 4, 1776. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (36)
[Digital ID# us0036_1]
 
Americans Destroy a Statue of King George III (37)

Americans Destroy a Statue of King George III

La Destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck, Die zerstorung der konglichen bild saule zu Neu Yorck. Hand-colored etching. Paris: Chez Basset, ca. 1776. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (37)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17521]
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Founded on a Set of Beliefs

Paine’s Idea for New American Government (30)

Paine’s Idea for New American Government

[Thomas Paine]. Common Sense: Address to the Common Inhabitants of America… Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (30)
[Digital ID# us0030 — us0030_6]

 
Virginia Declaration of Rights (33.01)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

George Mason. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (33.01)
[Digital ID# us0033_1_p1 — us0033_1_p3]
 

Creating the Declaration of Independence - Peace

General Cornwallis’s Surrender (41)

General Cornwallis’s Surrender

York Town. [London, 1781]. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15706]
 

Creating the United States Constitution - Road to the Constitution

Benjamin Franklin’s proposed plan of confederation，1775 (46.01)

Benjamin Franklin’s proposed plan of confederation, 1775

Benjamin Franklin. Plan for a Confederation, July 21, 1775. Printed document annotated by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress (46.01) [Digital ID# us0046a — us0046a_2]
 
Independence Hall (54)

Independence Hall

“State-house with a View of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia” from The City of Philadelphia.… Hand-colored engraving. Philadelphia: William Birch & Son, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (54)
[Digital ID# us0054 — us0054_3]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Forging a Federal Government

Plans for the Future Capital District (74)

Plans for the Future Capital District

Thomas Jefferson. Map of the Capital District, 1791. Manuscript map. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (74)
[Digital ID# us0074]
 
English Declaration of Rights (108)

English Declaration of Rights

Declaration of Rights in Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mariæ Regis & Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, Primo. London: Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1689. Law Library, Library of Congress (108)
[Digital ID# us0108]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Demand for a Bill of Rights

Amendments Sent for Ratification (84)

Amendments Sent for Ratification

Proposed Amendments to the Federal Constitution (Bill of Rights), September 1789. Manuscript engrossed and signed by John James Beckley. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (84)
[Digital ID# raadf010]
 
Temple of Liberty (86)

Temple of Liberty Preserved by Concord

Temple of Liberty. New York: Jared Bell, 1834. Woodcut. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (86)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17520]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Formation of Political Parties

Amending the Constitution (81)

Amending the Constitution

Roger Sherman. Draft Report of a Special Committee of Congress, ca. July 21, 1789. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (81)
[Digital ID# us0081 — us0081_1]
 
Amending the Body of the Constitution (82)

Amending the Body of the Constitution

Congress of the United States, in the House of Representatives,&hellip [Report] from the  Committee of Eleven. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (82)
[Digital ID# us0082 — us0082_1]
 
Congress at Odds (92)

Congress at Odds

Congressional Pugilists. Congress Hall, in Philadelphia, February 15, 1798. [Philadelphia], 1798. Etching. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (92)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15707]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Election of 1800

The United States on Eve of 1800 Election (98)

The United States on Eve of 1800 Election

Amos Doolittle. A New Display of the United States. New Haven: 1799. Woodcut on wove paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (98)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-15716]
 

Creating the Bill of Rights - Peaceful Transition

Jefferson’s Draft of First Inaugural Address (106)

Jefferson Seeks Unity in Inaugural Address

Thomas Jefferson. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (106)
[Digital ID# us0106 — us0106_2]
 

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