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A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America on July 6, 1775

A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America on July 6, 1775

With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverence, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves.
The Stamp Act

The Stamp Act

March 22, 1765 An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said […]
The Mecklenburg Resolves

The Mecklenburg Resolves

The Mecklenburg Resolves were created by the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety on or after May 20, 1775, and were adopted by that same committee on May 31, 1775. This was just weeks after what is now considered the first battles in the American War for Independence at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
Lend-Lease Act

Lend-Lease Act

Lend-Lease Act. An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States
Executive Order 9102 Establishing the War Relocation Authority

Executive Order 9102 Establishing the War Relocation Authority

By President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 18, 1942 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to provide for the removal from designated areas of persons whose […]
The Versailles Treaty – Signatures and Protocol – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Signatures and Protocol – June 28, 1919

THE PRESENT TREATY, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall be ratified. The deposit of ratifications shall be made at Paris as soon as possible. Powers of which the seat of the Government is outside Europe will be entitled merely to inform the Government of the French Republic through their diplomatic representative at […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part XV – Miscellaneous Provisions – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part XV – Miscellaneous Provisions – June 28, 1919

PART XV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. ARTICLE 434. Germany undertakes to recognise the full force of the Treaties of Peace and Additional Conventions which may be concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with the Powers who fought on the side of Germany and to recognise whatever dispositions nay be made concerning the territories of the former […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part XIV – Guarantees – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part XIV – Guarantees – June 28, 1919

PART XIV. GUARANTEES. SECTION I. WESTERN EUROPE. ARTICLE 428. As a guarantee for the execution of the present Treaty by Germany, the German territory situated to the west of the Rhine, together with the bridgeheads, will be occupied by Allied and Associated troops for a period of fifteen years from the coming into force of […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part XII – Ports, Waterways and Railways – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part XII – Ports, Waterways and Railways – June 28, 1919

PART XII. PORTS, WATERWAYS AND RAILWAYS. SECTION I. GENERAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE 321. Germany undertakes to grant freedom of transit through her territories on the routes most convenient for international transit, either by rail, navigable waterway, or canal, to persons, goods, vessels, carriages, wagons and mails coming from or going to the territories of any of […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part XI – Aerial Navigation – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part XI – Aerial Navigation – June 28, 1919

PART XI. AERIAL NAVIGATION. ARTICLE 313. The aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall have full liberty of passage and landing over and in the territory and territorial waters of Germany, and shall enjoy the same privileges as German aircraft, particularly in case of distress by land or sea. ARTICLE 314 The aircraft of […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part X – Economic Clauses – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part X – Economic Clauses – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part X – Economic Clauses – June 28, 1919 PART X. ECONOMIC CLAUSES. SECTION l. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. CHAPTER I. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS, DUTIES AND RESTRICTIONS. ARTICLE 264. Germany undertakes that goods the produce or manufacture of any one of the Allied or Associated States imported into Germany territory, from whatsoever place arriving, […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part IX – Financial Clauses – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part IX – Financial Clauses – June 28, 1919

PART IX. FINANCIAL CLAUSES ARTICLE 248. Subject to such exceptions as the Reparation Commission may approve, a first charge upon all the assets and revenues of the German Empire and its constituent States shall be the cost of reparation and all other costs arising under the present Treaty or any treaties or agreements supplementary thereto […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part VIII – Reparation – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part VIII – Reparation – June 28, 1919

PART VIII. REPARATION. SECTION l GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 231. The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part VII – Penalties – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part VII – Penalties – June 28, 1919

PART VII. PENALTIES. ARTICLE 227. The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William II of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor, for a supreme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties. A special tribunal will be constituted to try the accused, thereby assuring him the guarantees essential to the right of defence. It will be […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part VI – Prisoners of War and Graves – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part VI – Prisoners of War and Graves – June 28, 1919

PART VI. PRISONERS OF WAR AND GRAVES. SECTION I. PRISONERS OF WAR. ARTICLE 214. The repatriation of prisoners of war and interned civilians shall take place as soon as possible after the coming into force of the present Treaty and shall be carried out with the greatest rapidity. ARTICLE 215. The repatriation of German prisoners […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part V – Military, Naval and Air Clauses – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part V – Military, Naval and Air Clauses – June 28, 1919

PART V MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR CLAUSES. In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to observe the military, naval and air clauses which follow. SECTION I. MILITARY CLAUSES. CHAPTER I. EFFECTIVES AND CADRES OF THE GERMAN ARMY. ARTICLE 159. The German military […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part III – Political Causes for Europe – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part III – Political Causes for Europe – June 28, 1919

PART III SECTION I ARTICLE 31. Germany, recognising that the Treaties of April 19, 1839, which established the status of Belgium before the war, no longer conform to the requirements of the situation, consents to the abrogation of the said Treaties and undertakes immediately to recognise and to observe whatever conventions may be entered into […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part II – Boundaries of Germany – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part II – Boundaries of Germany – June 28, 1919

ARTICLE 27. The boundaries of Germany will be determined as follows: 1) With Belgium: From the point common to the three frontiers of Belgium, Holland, and Germany and in a southerly direction: the north-eastern boundary of the former territory of netral Moresnet then the eastern boundary of the Kreis of Eupen, then the frontier between […]
The Versailles Treaty – Part 1 – The Covenant of the League of Nations – June 28, 1919

The Versailles Treaty – Part 1 – The Covenant of the League of Nations – June 28, 1919

 (Including Amendments adopted to December, 1924) THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as […]
The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris – August 27, 1928

The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris – August 27, 1928

General Pact for the Renunciation of War HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE GENERAL PACT FOR THE RENUNCIATION FO WAR, SIGNED AT PARIS AUGUST 27, 1928 DECEMBER 7 AND 11, 1928 PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations UNITED STATES […]
The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Further Correspondence with Government of the United States Respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War – 1928

The Kellogg-Briand Pact – Further Correspondence with Government of the United States Respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War – 1928

United States No. 2 1928 FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES respecting the United States Proposal for the Renunciation of War [In continuation of Cmd. 3109] Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament by Command of His Majesty LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE To […]