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Politics in Colonial Virginia
Pre-Independence
- Virginia Time Line, 1760-1776
- Historical Background-from the Stamp Act Crisis to Revolution
- Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
- Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
- William Pitt's Speech Against the Stamp Act
- Print image: The Repeal, Or the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp (75k)
- Print image: The Alternative of Williamsburg (105k)
- Words to the song The Glorious Seventy Four
- Summary View of the Rights of British America
- Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
- "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death"
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Declaration of Independence
- Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Post-Independence
- United States Articles of Confederation
- United States Constitution
- Amendments to the United States Constitution
- George Washington's First Inaugural Address
- George Washington's Second Inaugural Address
- Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
- Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address
Biographical Material:
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Wythe
- St. George Tucker
- The Randolph family and slaves
- Patrick Henry
- Richard Henry Lee (fact sheet)
- George Mercer (fact sheet)
- John Robinson (fact sheet)
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Multimedia and related links
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Podcasts
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We hold these truths
Hear the words that started a war, read by Thomas Jefferson interpreter Bill Barker. Episode one of July's Revolutionary Documents series. June 30, 2008
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Prelude to Victory
"Prelude to Victory" celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown with three days of special programs that recall September 26, 27, and 28, 1781. September 24, 2007
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Fashion and Function
A corset's engineered strictness defines the shape of the 18th-century woman. Journeywoman Brooke Welborn explains the trend. May 5, 2008
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Researching Revolutionary Citizens
Actor-interpreter Corinne Dame talks about the continual research necessary to give a living and accurate portrayal of Williamsburg's 18th-century citizens. September 18, 2006
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The Gunpowder Plot
Add your shouts to the clamor for revolution in Colonial Williamsburg's evening program, "The Gunpowder Plot." Author Gina DeAngelis explains. September 17, 2007
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Emissaries of Peace
Adept negotiators in pursuit of peace, the Cherokee tribe endures through centuries of change. Colonial Williamsburg director and producer Linda Randulfe talks about the November 8 Electronic Field Trip, "Emissaries of Peace." November 5, 2007
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Journal articles
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Debating the Bill of Rights
"What No Government Should Refuse, or Rest on Inference"
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President's Message
A Remarkable Experience
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Laundries
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"The Greatest Practical Approach to Exactness."
The Problem of Apportionment and Washington's First Veto
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