Our House Independent Caucus

The Founding Documents

Here you will find transcriptions and conversations about our founding documents.  Reacquaint yourself with your Constitution and the inspiration of the Declaration of Independence.

Our Founding Documents: This is a blog forum where you can start a discussion or post your thoughts on our founding documents.  

The Declaration of Independence: Complete transcription of the Declaration of Independence that declared independence of the 13 American Colonies from the British crown.  You can use the Comments sections on the pages to contribute to the information available and there are links to the source information (wikipedia.org) so you can explore the aspects of how this document still resonates through time. 

Sub Sections

• Our Declaration of Independence: This is a Blog Forum where you can start a discussion or post your thoughts on this document that started our Revolutionary War and severing our relationship with England.

The U.S. Constitution: Complete transcriptions of the text of the Preamble, Articles and Amendments (coming soon) of the U.S. Constitution.  You can use the Comments sections on the pages to contribute to the information available and there are links to the source information (wikipedia.org) so you can explore the aspects of how the constitution impacts our laws and our self-governance.  

Sub-Sections

• Our U.S. Constitution Conversations
• The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution
• The Articles - There are 7 Articles of the U.S. Constitution
  • Article I
  • Article II
  • Article III
  • Article IV
  • Article V
  • Article VI
  • Aritcle VII
• The Amendments