U.S. History I Touchstone Primary Source List

Settling the Americas, 10,000 BCE - 1700

• Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: avalon.law.yale.edu/15th_century/colum.asp
• Letter of Christopher Columbus on his First Voyage to America: nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text1/columbusletter.pdf
• Excerpts from Nova Britannia: dp.la/primary-source-sets/powhatan-people-and-the-english-at-jamestown/sources/1403
• Richard Frethorne's Letter to his Mother and Father, concerning the experiences of an indentured servant: www.virtualjamestown.org/frethorne.html
• The Mayflower Compact: constitutioncenter.org/education/classroom-resource-library/classroom/mayflower-compact
• John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill: www.americanyawp.com/reader/colliding-cultures/john-winthrop-dreams-of-a-city-on-a-hill-1630/
• Map of North America from the Moll Atlas: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/map-north-america-1712
• John Lawson Encounters Native Americans: www.americanyawp.com/reader/colliding-cultures/john-lawson-encounters -north-american-indians-1709/
• Examination of Bridget Bishop, as Recorded by Samuel Parris: salem.lib.virginia.edu/n13.html#n13.1
• Germantown Friends' Protest Against Slavery: www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.14000200/?st=text

The Road to Revolution, 1600-1783

• The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Reg: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bloody-massacre-king-street
• The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bostonians-paying-exciseman
• The Battle of Bunker’s Hill: artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/41
• The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/able-doctor-draught
• Deposition of Captain John Parker Concerning the Battle at Lexington: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/john-parker-lexington
• The Battle of Lexington, April 1775: www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.39753/
• Boston Non-Importation Agreement, August 1, 1768: avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/boston_non_importation_1768.asp
• Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/patrick.asp
• William Jackson, an Importer; at the Brazen Head: www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=365
• Virtual Representation: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4531
• By the King, A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/by-the-king-a-proclamation-for-suppressing-rebellion-and-sedition

The New Nation, 1776-1840

• George Washington’s First Inaugural Address: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/washington-first-inaugural
• Memorial From the Yearly Meeting of the Quakers: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/1-memorial-yearly-meeting
• Illustrated Family Record: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/illustrated-family-record
• Naturalization Act of 1790: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/naturalization-act-of-1790
• Petition Against the Slave Trade: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-against-the-slave-trade
• Sedition Act of 1798: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=4126
• Congressional Pugilists: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388906
• Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/act-prohibit-importation-slaves
• Testimony of Deborah Sampson Gannett: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/testimony-deborah-sampson-gannett
• President Jefferson's Message About Lewis and Clark's Discoveries: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/discoveries-lewis-clark
• Speech of Captain Meriwether Lewis to the Otto Indians: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/lewis-speech-otto
• Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal: www.americanyawp.com/reader/manifest-destiny/cherokee-petition-protesting-removal-1836/

A Nation Divided, 1800-1877

• Bill of Sale for a Slave Named George: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bill-of-sale-for-slave-named-george
• The Declaration of Sentiments: sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/senecafalls.asp
• Anti-Slavery Petition from the Women of Philadelphia: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/antislavery-petition-women-philadelphia
• The Way They Go To California: www.loc.gov/item/91481165/
• Westward the Course of Empire Take Its Way: americanart.si.edu/artwork/westward-course-empire-takes-its-way-mural-study-us-capitol-14569
• Declaration of Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/declaration-of-immediate-causes-which-induce-and-justify-the-secession-of-south-carolina-from-the-federal-union
• "To Colored Men!" Broadside: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/to-colored-men
• "Wanted! 200 Negroes" Broadside: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/broadside-titled-wanted-200-negroes
• “Colored Soldiers! Equal State Rights! And Monthly Pay with White Men!” Circular: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/circular-colored-soldiers
• House Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Prohibit Congress from Abolishing Slavery: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/amendment-prohibit-abolishing-slavery
• Lincoln's Recommendation for Gradual Emancipation: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/lincoln-gradual-emancipation
• A Petition for Universal Suffrage: www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-prohibit-disfranchisement