Benefits of the Logos Bible Software Edition
Making the American History Collection a part of your Logos Bible Software library allows you to take advantage of tools for in-text searching and the ease of incorporating these documents into your study workspace. When preparing for a sermon or studying a current political or social issue, it is easy to overlook the precedents established by the history of America. Your Logos Bible Software is a tool for historical analysis as you incorporate these documents, including the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence that allows you to establish historical perspective and therefore engage in a more informed topical study.
Notable Quotations from these Documents
"As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith."
Common Sense, 1776.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
United States Declaration of Independence
The American History Collection Includes:
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Common Sense
Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's Common Sense became an immediate bestseller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States. From his experience of revolutionary politics, Paine drew those principles of fundamental human rights which, he felt, must stand no matter what excesses are committed to obtain them, and which he later formulated in his Rights of Man.
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The Declaration of Independence
This is the complete text of Thomas Jefferson's classic document establishing the independence of the colonies from the British.
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The Federalist Papers
These 85 essays, collected in one volume, were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay from 1787-1788. Writing under the shared pen name Publius, these three American Fathers wrote to persuade the citizens of the state of New York that this new Constitution was a good idea.
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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
Inaugural addresses from George Washington to William Jefferson Clinton and everyone in between are included in this resource. Each inaugural address is intended to set the tone for the subsequent administration. Now you can read these addresses and see if the goals set forth by each administration were met.
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An Outline of the American Economy
How labor, agriculture, small businesses, large corporations, the Federal Reserve System, and the government have interacted to produce the U.S. economic system.
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An Outline of American Government
What makes U.S. government uniquely American ... its Constitution, the separation of powers, the concept of "checks and balances," the decentralized roles of state and local governments, and a citizenry with wide opportunity to be part of it all.
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An Outline of American History
How the United States has been transformed from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst terms "the first universal nation."
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Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments form the basis of the government of the United States of America. All three of these foundational documents are included in this resource.
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