Articles by Charlotte Greene

The Pledge of Allegiance Advertisement The Pledge of Allegiance was first published for Columbus Day, on September 8, 1892, in the Boston magazine The Youth’s Companion . It was written by a member of the magazine’s staff, Francis Bellamy. The publication of the Pledge, and its wide...

The New York Times CyberTimes [Editor’s note: this column appeared in the August 14, 1997 edition of the New York Times CyberTimes online news source. The original is still archived here . This local copy is maintained just in case the original ever disappears from the Web.] August 14, 1997 One...

An Interview with John Stuart Mill Advertisement Thanks to KnowledgeNews for permission to republish this page. Of course, the copyright on John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty has long since run out, but the clever “interview style” used by KnowledgeNews to present Mill’s ideas is original. The...

Other Historical American Documents It is not my intention to become a repository for a grand collection of historical American documents. There are other sites that have a large collection and the resources to nurture such a project. However, there are some very important documents that are...

Site Map Advertisement This is a site map of the USConstitution.net site. Index Index Page Constitution Pages Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América Constitution Explained, The Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Dictionary, The Data on the Framers of the Constitution Events Affecting...

The Emancipation Proclamation – Page 3 The Emancipation Proclamation, Page 3 More images

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The Gettysburg Address – Page 1 The Gettysburg Address, Page 1 More images

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The Declaration of Rights and Grievances In March, 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws they referred to as the Coercive Acts. The Americans called them the Intolerable Acts. The Acts were primarily designed to punish the colony of Massachusetts for defying British policies;...

The Lemon Test Advertisement In 1971, the Supreme Court heard the case of Lemon v Kurtzman (403 US 602). In the case, the Court decided that a Rhode Island law that paid some of the salary of some parochial school teachers was unconstitutional. The case is discussed in more detail on the...

The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence More images

The Emancipation Proclamation – Page 1 The Emancipation Proclamation, Page 1 More images

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The Constitutional Dictionary

The Constitutional Dictionary This document contains words, phrases, and concepts used in the United States Constitution. Links to this document can be found on the U.S. Constitution Page . Note that some words are defined only as they apply to the Constitution itself. You may also wish to see the...

First Twelve Articles of Amendment Advertisement On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose in the House of Representatives and read his thoughts about amendments to the Constitution. Based on the recommendations of several ratifying conventions and the fears expressed by the Anti-Federalists , his...

USConstitution.net Bandwidth Crisis A message from Steve Mount, your Webmaster: Running this site is a labor of love for me, and I’m happy to pick up the tab for the site. The ads appearing on the site cover about one quarter of the cost of normal operations for the site. November 2004 was not a...

Signers of The Declaration of Independence Because I found the information difficult to find on the Internet, I compiled the demographics for the Signers of the Declaration of Independence for this page. It mirrors the data found on a similar page which has demographics for the attendees of the...

August 6 Draft of the Constitution Advertisement On Tuesday, July 24, 1787, the Constitutional Convention appointed members to the Committee of Detail . The Committee was tasked with taking all of the points debated by the Convention up to that point and constructing a document that could be used...