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Chapter 8: The New Nation Takes Form, 1789-1800

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    A Century of Lawmaking, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
"An unparalleled collection of documents on the history of the United States law and government, from the Continental Congress through the 42nd Congress (1873). This history is recorded in twelve searchable journals and publications, including The Congressional Globe, Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, and Journals of the Continental Congress. The site is maintained by the Library of Congress and offers help documents on using and searching the collections."*

    American Presidents,
"Homepage of The American President series, produced by PBS. This project is an excellent resource for the study of the role of the president in the United States and of individual men who have held the office. The pages feature biographies of all the presidents, with sections on their lives, families, policies, and political legacies. The site also includes Web resources, historical documents, scholarly essays, and a glossary of political terms."*

    Census Data, http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census
"Census Data from 1790-1960, compiled by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The ICPSR has put a wealth of census data, beginning with the first census in 1790, on the Web. This data, collected every ten years, reveals the way the economy and population of America changed from the time of the nation's founding through the middle of the twentieth century. The site also includes a brief overview of the history of the census and how data-gathering methods have changed over the course of time."*

    Early America, http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
"Historical background on colonial and early national America. This site includes a variety of different resources, including biographies of Franklin, Washington, Boon and Revere; brief biographies of notable early American women; online versions of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights; images of Revolutionary era newspapers; explanations of important treaties; and a history of American firsts. Maps and the early American portrait gallery paint a picture of the American people and landscape at this time in the nation's development."*

    George Washington Papers, www.virginia.edu/gwpapers
"Selections from the extensive collection of George Washington's papers at the University of Virginia. The George Washington Papers Project has placed a number of important documents, letters, maps, and images online. These selections reflect the breadth and depth of the collection, which includes letters, sketches, deeds, and wills. The Frequently Asked Questions section answers most common questions about Washington's life and death."*

    Index of American Design, http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm
"From the collections of the National Gallery of Art, selections of the gallery's watercolors of American decorative arts objects. These objects, from the colonial period through the nineteenth century, were created during the Roosevelt presidency to celebrate American arts and crafts. Images of the watercolors can be viewed by selecting a medium or style of art from the extensive list of offerings."*

    The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton.html
"A site examining Hamilton's life and his legacy. Written by Ian Finseth, a Ph.D. student at the University of Chapel Hill, for the Capitol Project, the site provides a biography of Hamilton who lived from 1755 to 1804. Finseth argues that Hamilton failed to capture the imagination of the American public, and thus a place among the other revered founding fathers, because he did not appeal to the emotions of the populace."*