Numerous government information resources from the U.S, U.S. states and British governments also document the colonial period in U.S. History. Examples of these include:
Through this National Archives website, you can read and search through thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison and see firsthand the growth of democracy and the birth of the Republic.
Provides access to the National Archives collection of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights; known collectively as the Charters of Freedom.
Selected historic American legal and political history documents from 1774-1875. Includes historic congressional debates, journals and bills and resolutions, and government agency reports covering topics such as commerce and navigation, Indian affairs, and public lands.
Digital collection of documents and materials covering the earliest days of North Carolina's settled by the Europeans from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes, including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Naval History & Heritage Command is responsible for the preservation, analysis, an dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard.
The mission of the U.S. Army Center for Military History is: "to accurately collect, preserve, interpret, and express the Army's history and material culture to more broadly educate and develop our force, the military profession, and the nation."
