America's Ten Most Important Documents; 1996
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0051
- Title
- America's Ten Most Important Documents; 1996
- Description
- James A. Huston’s presentation entitled “America’s Ten Most important Documents” is filled with fascinating facts, opinions and observations. Huston discusses why the “Northwest Ordinance” might be the most significant piece of legislation ever enacted by Congress, and the Fourteenth Amendment is “by far the most important of the amendments.” Huston concludes by pointing out that Thomas Jefferson had a major hand in the creation of the first seven of these ten documents.
- Date
- 7 November 1996
- Creator
- Huston, James A.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- James A. Huston
- Huston
- 1996
- America's Ten Most important Documents
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Declaration of Independence
- Treaty of Paris)
- Nonhwest Ordinance of 1787
- U.S. Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Louisiana Purchase
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
- Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- James A. Huston