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Center for History Education

Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Tech: North American Free Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides access to the complete text of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Primary
Other

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a discussion on the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA), which is considered to be one of the world's best trade agreements.
Primary
Other

The North American Free Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
With the signing of NAFTA, the world's largest free trade area was created. Here the text of the Agreement, publications, and general information along with media releases and FAQs can be accessed.
Primary
Other

Canadian Gov: Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Chile.
Primary
Other

The Mexican Braceros: The Official Bracero Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the official agreement between the governments of the United States and Mexico during World War II.
Primary
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Speech Defending Munich Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of a 1938 speech by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the House of Commons defending the Munich Pact.
Primary
Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Anti Comintern Pact: German Japanese Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
Original document. Contains the German-Japanese agreement and supplementary protocol which was signed at Berlin on November 25, 1936.
Primary
Yale University

Egyptian Israeli General Armistice Agreement, Feb. 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the document which provoked further Egyptian-Israeli hostilities.
Primary
Other

Hellenic Resources Network: Helsinki Final Act 1975

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary document is a copy of the Helsinki Agreements of 1975 which recognized the borders in central and Eastern Europe that were set up since the end of WWII. They show the acceptance of the Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. and...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: United Nations Conference at Bretton Woods

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the agreements created by the United Nations in the summer of 1944 concerning foreign trade and banking.
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: The Potsdam Declaration

For Students 9th - 10th
ibiblio.org provides the actual text of the Potsdam Declaration, the tripartite agreement signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Soviet Russia concerning conquered countries.
Primary
Atomic Archive

Atomicarchive.com: The Manhattan Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents on the Manhatten project and the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945. Content includes letters to and from J. Robert Oppenheimer, written deals and agreements, internal memorandums,...
Primary
Other

Declaracion De Paz: Ecuador Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
a digital copy of the peace agreement signed in 1998 by the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Presidents. English available on the homepage.
Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents that discuss intelligence issues during the Cold War. The documents come from archives in many different Soviet bloc countries. They are mainly decision memorandums, descriptions, agreements, and...
Primary
Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Tripartite Pact Between Axis Powers, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
Original 6 -art article. Italy, Germany and Japan enter agreement that none will agree to an armistice or peace without the reciprocal agreement of the three.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: The Anglo Russian Entente

For Students 9th - 10th
An original document, the agreement between Great Britain and Russia establishing the Triple Entente.
Primary
PBS

Pbs: Archive of Thomas Jefferson's Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
A PBS website that contains Jefferson's views on political, religious, social, personal, and intellectual freedoms in the form of his original documents. Contains the Louisiana Purchase agreement. Tied to a larger site on a Jefferson...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: The Louisiana Purchase 1803

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of primary source documents all related to the Louisiana Purchase. Includes the text of the final agreement, speeches by Jefferson and others. Great stuff!
Primary
Yale University

White Paper of 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the discussion and results of an Arab-British meeting to sort out the situation causing the riots of 1936-1939. Interpretations of the British mandate agreement and other British policy in Palestine were discussed, with the...
Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cold War Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of primary source documents discusses international relations during World War II and the years shortly after. It begins with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed in 1939 and ends with documents from the 1950's. The...
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Yalta Conference, Feb. 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University gives the text of the Yalta Confernce. It has an outline of the agreements made.
Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: United States Constitution: Article Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Article II from the U.S. Constitution, as well as detailed annotations that explain the reasoning and subsequent impact of each clause and section of the Article. Content explores everything from the nature and scope of...

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