These documents are part of our heritage. The Constitution of the United States of America is as important today as it was when adopted in 1787, and continues to be the only basis for our Federal government. While the Articles of Confederation have been superceded (by the Constitution,) they formed the first government of the United States of America, after independence from England was declared by the Declaration of Indepencence.
Our heritage does not start there, though. In almost all of our states, the Magna Carta is part of the common law. Both our statute law and common law are at least heavily influenced by the Ten Commandments. To say otherwise is to deny historical facts.
| → Magna Carta of 1215 | King John, at Runnymede, June 15, 1215 |
| → Magna Carta of 1297 | King Edward, March 28, 1297 |
| → The Rights of Man | Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, August 26, 1789 |
| → Mayflower Compact | November 11, 1620 |
| ↓ Common Sense | Thomas Paine, 1776 |
| → Virginia | The Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776 |
| → Declaration of Independence | July 4, 1776 |
| → Articles of Confederation | November 15, 1777 (In effect March 1, 1781) |
| ↓Constitution of the United States | September 17, 1787 (In effect, 1791) |
| → Oklahoma | Oklahoma Constitution |
| ↓ War of Independence | July 4, 1776 |
| ↓ War of 1812 | June 18, 1812 |
| ↓ World War I | April 6, 1917 |
| ↓ World War II | December 8, 1941 |
| ↓ Korean Police Action | June 27, 1950 |
| → Military Force | Authorization for Use of Military Force, 2001 |
| NARA | Government Documents |
| NARA | The National Archives Experience |
| GPO | Constitution of the United States: Browse |
| Library of Congress | Primary Documents in American History |
| Yale Law | The Avalon Project |
| Emory Law | Constitutional and Statutory Research |
| VRWC | The Arthur Phillips Reading Room |