swap_horiz Congress Canvassed Alternatives

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Common Sense

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was a pivotal political pamphlet published in 1776. It powerfully advocated for American ind...

Political Revolution Paine 1770S

9.8 Brilliant

2

The Communist Manifesto

Published in 1848, The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels remains a foundational political document....

Political Socialism Marx 1840S

9.5 Brilliant

3

Rights of Man

Thomas Paine’s *Rights of Man, Part I*, published in 1792, is a foundational political pamphlet arguing for natural righ...

18TH Century Political Rights Enlightenment

9.4 Excellent

4

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke’s *Reflections on the Revolution in France* analyzes the upheaval in France during the 1790s. The pamphlet...

Political Conservative 1790S Burke

9.4 Excellent

5

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is an essay written by Karl Marx in 1852. It examines the French Revolution o...

Historical Political Socialist 1852

9.4 Excellent

6

The Federalist No. 51

The Federalist No. 51 is an essay written by James Madison under the pseudonym Publius on February 6, 1788. It articulat...

American Founding Political Federalist 1788

9.4 Excellent

7

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN pamphlet)

This pamphlet edition reproduces the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document adopted by the United N...

International Political Human Rights 1948

9.4 Excellent

8

The Federalist No. 78

The Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, published in 1788 as part of The Federalist, a series written t...

Political Constitutional Judiciary 1788

9.4 Excellent

9

The American Crisis

Thomas Paine’s *American Crisis* was a series of pamphlets published between 1776 and 1783. These writings aimed to galv...

Wartime Political Revolutionary Revolution

9.3 Excellent

10

The Federalist No. 10

Federalist No. 10 is an essay written by James Madison and published on November 22, 1787, under the pseudonym Publius....

American Founding Political Federalist 1787

9.3 Excellent

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The Emancipation Proclamation (pamphlet editions)

The Emancipation Proclamation pamphlets are printed editions of the executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lin...

Political Lincoln Civil War Abolitionist

9.3 Excellent

12

Politics and the English Language

"Politics and the English Language" is a critical essay written by George Orwell and published in 1946. In the text, Orw...

Writing Language Political 1946

9.3 Excellent

13

Federalist No. 78

Federalist No. 78 is an essay written by Alexander Hamilton and published in 1788 under the pseudonym Publius as part of...

Political Federalist Judiciary 1788

9.2 Excellent

14

The Mask of Anarchy

The Mask of Anarchy is a political poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in response to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. Th...

Political Poetry 1819 Percy Shelley

9.2 Excellent

15

Annihilation of Caste

Annihilation of Caste is a sociopolitical treatise written by B. R. Ambedkar in 1936. It was originally drafted as a pre...

India Political 1936 B R Ambedkar

9.2 Excellent

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Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States

Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States is a report issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colo...

Advocacy Political Civil Rights 1919

9.2 Excellent

17

The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

"The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved" is a political pamphlet written by James Otis Jr. and published...

Political Colonial Rights 1760S

7.9 Good

18

The Olive Branch Petition (1775)

The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 8, 1775, as a final attempt to avoid fu...

Political Colonial American Revolution 1775

7.8 Good

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The Interest of Great Britain Considered

The Interest of Great Britain Considered is a political pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, published in 1760 during the Seve...

American Political Colonial 1760

6.4 Fair

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Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes

Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes is a political pamphlet by the English writer Soame Jenyns, published...

Political Colonial Taxation 1765

5.8 Mediocre