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.

Image of President Kennedy's letter to Premiere Khrushchev, dated October 22, 1962.  Page 1 of 2. Click on the image for a better view.

Image of President Kennedy's letter to Premiere Khrushchev, dated October 22, 1962.  Page 2 of 2. Click on the image for a better view.

This image depicts the second page of U.S. President Kennedy's telegram to Moscow which characterizes normal relations between the U.S. and the Soviet...

Letter From President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev, dated October 27, 1962. Click on the image for a better view.

Image of a fascimilie of the letter From President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev, October 27, 1962, page 2. Click on the image for a better view.

On the 9th of August, 1974, President Nixon sent a letter to his Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger).  In that letter, he resigned as America's ...

When the King learned about the Gunpowder Plot, he issued a Proclamation for the capture of the individuals he believed were involved.  Issued on...

Henry VIII had an interest in Ireland but his daughter, Elizabeth I, really impacted the Emerald Isle.  Henry wanted to "colonize" an already-est...

This letter, which is maintained by the Dutch archives in The Hague, provides some evidence that the Dutch West India Company purchased Manhattan Isla...

This graphic, from the University of Texas at Austin, depicts where racial groups predominately lived during South Africa's apartheid era.  Based...

This image, of Galileo's recantation, depicts the ending section.  The document, which he actually signed, eliminated two points which the Cardin...

Facsimile of the verdict in the trial of United States v. Susan B. Anthony. Click on the image for a better view.

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