- (1215) Magna Carta
- (1776) Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
- (1777) Transcript of Articles of Confederation
- (1790) Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes"
- (1791) Constitution of the United States
- (1795) The Naturalization Act
- (1803) Marbury v. Madison
- (1831) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
- (1831) Worcester v. Georgia
- (1848) Declaration of Rights, Women's Rights Convention
- (1848) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- (1851) Fugitive Slave Act
- (1857) Dred Scott Decision
- (1862) The Homestead Act
- (1862) The Morrill Act
- (1875) Civil Rights Act
- (1882) Chinese Exclusion Act
- (1887) Dawes Severalty Act
- (1887) Interstate Commerce Act
- (1890) Sherman Anti-Trust Act
- (1904) Northern Securities Company v. United States
- (1906) Pure Food and Drug Act
- (1924) Indian Citizenship Act
- (1927) Gong Lum v. Rice
- (1941) Atlantic Charter
- (1941) Executive Order 8802, Ban on Discrmination
- (1942) Executive Order 9066
- (1944) Korematsu v. United States
- (1954) Brown v. Board of Education
- (1964) Civil Rights Act of 1964
- (1965) Voting Rights Act of 1965
- (1965) First Affirmative Action Executive Order
- (1973) Roe v. Wade
- (1974) DeFunis v. Odegaard
- (1974) Morgan v. Hennigan
- (1978) University of California Regents v. Bakke
- (1994) The Republican Party's Contract With America
- (1996) California Proposition 209
- (1998) Washington Initiative 200
- (2000) Bush v. Gore
- (2000) U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report on Voting Inequities in the 2000 Election in Florida
- (2007) Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1