Topic: Legal History
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Black South Africans Vote
South African’s black majority voted for the first time in these 1994 elections. The result was the end of white minority rule. The African National Congress became the ruling party...
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Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act, closed the port of Boston to all trade until residents compensated the East India Company for the cost of the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea...
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British Bill of Rights
In 1688-89, England’s Glorious Revolution deposed the tyrannical King James II in favor of William and Mary and resulted in the adoption of the Bill of Rights. This document limited...
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Charleston Non-Importation Agreement
This 1769 document is an agreement in which the residents of Charleston agreed to boycott all goods imported from England. In protest against British policies, residents agreed to produce their...
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Conference Committee Report on the Missouri Compromise
This report from a committee representing both houses of Congress paved the way for the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state,...
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Congress Voting Independence
This painting depicts the members of the Continental Congress as they voted in Philadelphia on Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence. The vote occurred on July 2, 1776. On July...
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Constitution Signatures
This image shows the signatures of the delegates who signed the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. Although 55 delegates from 12 states attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, only...
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Constitutional Convention Voting Record
This document records the votes on the final day of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Although many states sent more than one delegate to the convention, each state received only...
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Convention at Philadelphia
This image is a later depiction of the Constitutional Convention which met in 1787 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. After the war ended in 1783, the new country, operating under...
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