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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Aztecs: A Pre Columbian History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains several lesson plans, a teacher bibliography, a student reading list, and a large amount of background information on the Aztecs.
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Avalon Project: Cairo Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
The brief document outlining the resoulutions made at the Cairo Conference at the end of World War II.
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Notes of Rufus King in the Federal Convention of 1787

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the actual handwritten notes taken by Rufus King (delegate from Massachusetts) at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
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Avalon Project: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by the state of Connecticut with a list of legislators.
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Avalon Project: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by the state assembly of Maryland with a list of the legislators.
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Avalon Project: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by the State of North Carolina. Included is a list of the legislators.
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Avalon Project: Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution by the State of New York.
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Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project of the Yale Law School here provides the text of all 112 articles of the OAS charter, adopted at the Bogota Conference of American States, March 30-May 2, 1948.
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Yale Law: Baghdad Pact, February 4, 1955

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School provides the articles of the Baghdad Pact of mutual cooperation between Iraq, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, and Iran on February 4, 1955.
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Avalon Project: Fundamental Orders of 1639

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School presents the full text of the Fundamental Orders of 1639, including source.
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Yale University: First Inaugural Address of William Mc Kinley

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the actual text of the first inaugural address of William McKinley.
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The Avalon Project: Charter of Carolina March 24, 1663

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a full-text of the 1663 "Charter of Carolina" in which the settlement of the colony is discussed in detail. Includes discussion of religion, leadership, laws, goods, and the 8 proprietors.
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The Avalon Project: Indochine Final Declaration

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the text of the Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on the problem of restoring peace in Indo-China, July 21, 1954.
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The Tonkin Gulf Incident; 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
A part of the Yale Avalon Project, this page provides the message from President Johnson to Congress the day after the incident and the joint resolution of Congress on August 7, 1964.
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Yale University: Charter of Dutch West India Company

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch West India Company was chartered in 1621, this is a primary source site providing a copy of the charter.
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Avalon Project: Dawes Act 1887

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers the text of the Dawes Act of 1887 which attempted to allot land to Native Americans to aid in their assimilation.
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Nazi Soviet Relations 1939 to 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
Chronology of major events in Nazi-Soviet relations from 1939 to 1941.
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Tripartite Pact and Associated Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site has many documents and essays related to World War II.
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The Avalon Project: Charles Ii's Grant of New England to the Duke of York

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale University's Avalon Project provides a transcription of Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676.
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Avalon Project: France's Response to Germany's Invasion of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale University provides the texts of speeches given by Edouard Daladier to the nation of France concerning Germany's invasion of Poland.
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Avalon Project: Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and Soviet Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the Treaty of Nonaggression between Germany and the USSR,
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Avalon Project: Pearl Harbor Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains links to documents concerning Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes: United States note to Japan November 26, 1941, the message from the President of the Emperor of Japan December 6, and Japanese Note to the United States...
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Avalon Project: Boston Port Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale Law School's Avalon Project provides a site on Great Britain's Parliament and the text of the Boston Port Act of March 31, 1774.
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Inaugural Address of George Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the text of George H. W. Bush's 1989 Inaugural Address.