Government Documents

Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.

Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise.  House members wanted...

Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...

Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...

On the 5th of April, 1975, Clinton Granger prepared a memo about Vietnam for General Brent Scowcroft.  What would happen in Vietnam in America co...

A Naval Court of Inquiry was convened to determine whether the United States Navy, or any of its members, were responsible for America's failure to pr...

PROCEEDINGS OF NAVY COURT OF INQUIRY 341A witness called by the judge advocate entered. was duly sworn, and was informed of the subject matter of the ...

South Africa's new national anthem combines both "Nkosi Sikelele" and "Die Stem." Here are its words, with an English translation (where needed): ...

On the 28th of October, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent President John F. Kennedy a letter which effectively ended the Cuban Missile Crisi...

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's letter, dated the 28th of October, 1962, effectively ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.  This image is the third...

This image is page four of Nikita Khrushchev's translated letter to John F. Kennedy, dated the 28th of October, 1962.  The letter ended the Cuban...

This image is page five of Nikita Khrushchev's translated letter to John F. Kennedy, dated the 28th of October, 1962.  The letter ended the Cuban...

The House passed the Missouri Compromise - no slavery in Louisiana-Purchase lands except for Missouri - by a vote of 134 to 42. Click on the image to...

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