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Read the words that made America. Documents in US History puts 1,000 primary sources on your iPhone and iPad, from Columbus's letter of 1493 to the 2026 State of the Union, with every word searchable and everything stored on your device. EVERY INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND STATE OF THE UNION All 60 inaugural addresses, from George Washington in 1789 to Donald Trump's second inaugural in 2025, and 238 State of the Union messages and addresses to Congress, from Washington's first annual message in 1790 to the State of the Union of February 2026. THE CONSTITUTION, CLAUSE BY CLAUSE The Constitution and all 27 amendments, each clause followed by an explanation of what it means and how it has been applied. Alongside it: the journal of the Constitutional Convention day by day, all 85 Federalist papers, and the ratification debates in the state conventions. LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISIONS 116 decisions from Chisholm v. Georgia in 1793 to Dobbs in 2022, including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Dred Scott, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona and Obergefell v. Hodges, each with a summary of why it matters. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS Explorers, colonists, soldiers and citizens in their own words: Columbus, Cabot and Balboa; the Mayflower Compact and the colonial charters; Bunker Hill and Gettysburg; the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments; the Marshall Plan speech; and the landmark laws of the twentieth century. HEAR HISTORY All 30 of Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, 28 with the original broadcast recordings, plus film and audio of Kennedy's inaugural and his Cuban Missile Crisis address, Reagan at the Berlin Wall, the Moon landing, FDR's Day of Infamy speech, and the inaugurations of Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. Audio keeps playing while you read, with controls on the lock screen. SEARCH EVERY WORD Search the full text of all 1,000 documents at once. Look up "separate but equal," "all men are created equal" or any name, place or phrase, and jump straight to each matching paragraph with your search highlighted. BROWSE YOUR WAY • A Document Timeline by decade, from the 1490s to today • Sections for the Constitution, Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union, Supreme Court Decisions, Fireside Chats, and Audio & Video • Sort any list by year or title, and filter it as you type • Bookmark documents, adjust the reading size, and share any document by mail or message Written and compiled by the historians at HistoryCentral.com, with 30 years of experience producing multimedia American history for students, teachers and anyone who wants to read the sources for themselves.

40+ events celebrating the founding of America. From the Sugar Act of 1764, the Boston Tea Party, Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Yorktown, and Drafting of the U.S. Constitution, and finally the Bill of Rights.