American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
Pauline Maier

Research Team Members

Report Kit

Introduction to Topic

First-Order Document

• The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

Second-Order Documents

• The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
• The Magna Charta signed by King John, 1215 A.D.
• The Forum of Ancient Rome
• Cover from the book The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
• The Declaration of Right (February, 1689)

Possible Third-Order Documents

• Fourth of July Celebration
• “Ballad for Americans”
• "A Declaration of Independence: James Ryan Makes Movies His Own Way"

Possible Third-Order Documents on the Web:

• The Virginia Bill of Rights
• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
• Address of the Continental Congress to the Inhabitants of Canada
• The Movement for Independence: Instructions from the Town of Malden,Massachusetts, for a Declaration of Independence
• Mecklenburg County Resolutions