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Famous Documents & Historic Moments History Posters
for the social studies teacher, home schoolers, theme decor.
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educational posters > social studies > history > Historic Documents / Photos
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 Selection of educational posters and art prints of famous documents such as the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights; and images such as Washington Crossing the Delaware, Migrant Mother, and Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima.
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The Magna Carta of Liberties, Third Version Issued in 1225 by Henry III, Giclee Print
available at-
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• England posters
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| BOOKS ABOUT FAMOUS DOCUMENTS |
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| Originally issued in 1215, the Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter"), is considered one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy and was the most significant early influence leading to the rule of constitutional law through the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. |
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Signing the Mayflower Compact, Giclee Print
signed 11-21-1620
available at-
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• Colonial America posters
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| The Mayflower Compact was a 'social contract' and the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. |
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Declaration of Independence Art Print
John Turnbull
available at-
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• Pennsylvania posters
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Declaration of Independence (Document) Poster
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barewalls.com
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• Signers of Declaration of Independence by state
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Constitution Fine Art Print
Citizenship Day 9-17,
Constitution signed in 1785.
available at-
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• more American Revolution Era posters
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Reading the Declaration Before Washington's Army, New York,
Giclee Print, Howard Pyle
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Art.com
• more Geo. Washington posters
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Bill of Rights (Document)
Poster
available at-
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Art.com
• more Bill of Rights posters
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Washington Crossing the Delaware Poster by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
available at-
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• more Geo. Washington posters
• more Delaware posters
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Though not explicitly given constitutional permission to acquire territory President Thomas Jefferson proceeded with the Louisiana Purchase in the face of domestic opposition because he was uneasy about France and Spain being able to block American traders' access to the port of New Orleans (remember that Jefferson was ambassador to France in during the American Revolution and would have been well aware of French intentions). The purchase price was $15 million or about 3¢ per acre; France finanaced the purchase and earned another $8 million in interest.
The Louisiana Purchase territory consisted of approximately 530 million acres claimed for France by de LaSalle in 1682. The territory contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota south of Mississippi River, much of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans. The Louisiana Purchase represents around 23% of the area of the modern United States.
Between 1804 and 1806 an expedition of discovery, headed by Lewis & Clark, followed Jefferson's instructions – “The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal stream of it as by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce." letter dated June 20, 1803
• Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase
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Fur Traders Descending the Missouri Poster
by George Caleb Bingham
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• more Missouri posters
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Emancipation Proclamation
Art Print
available at-
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• more Lincoln posters
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Custer's Last Fight
Art Print
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• more Native Americans posters
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Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, 1936
by Dorothea Lange - Fine Art Print
available at-
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Art.com
• see History Through a Lens series, Migrant Mother
• Notable Women posters
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Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945
available at-
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Art.com
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• more WWII posters
• see History Through a Lens series, Iwo Jima
• Motivational posters
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