{"product_id":"2940013636088","title":"America's Historical Documents","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEE RESOLUTION (1776)\u003cbr\u003e“Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776, introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the colonies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)\u003cbr\u003e“Although the section of the Lee Resolution dealing with independence was not adopted until July 2, Congress appointed on June 10 a committee of five to draft a statement of independence for the colonies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1777)\u003cbr\u003e“This document served as the United States’ first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE (1778)\u003cbr\u003e“According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States would provide for a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack, and neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTREATY OF PARIS (1783)\u003cbr\u003e“This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.”\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eTONKIN GULF RESOLUTION (1964)\u003cbr\u003e“This joint resolution of Congress (H.J. RES 1145) dated August 7, 1964, gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.”","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171316220144,"sku":"2940013636088","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013636088_p0.jpg?v=1763583869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013636088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}