[HTML book] The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and its amendments

I made these to give away last year, and I’m offering them again. They are simple, 1-pagers with no images, built to load fast and travel light.

You can download from this page:

  • The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
  • The Constitution of the United States of America
  • The Amendments to the United States Constitution
  • The Bill of Rights
Screenshot of the first screenful of The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, with light mode and dyslexia mode toggles at the top, the title in big letters centered at the top, and in dark mode.

You can download these right now for zero money and redistribute them freely. They are completely self-contained. The CSS is in the head section of the HTML document, and the JavaScript that makes the toggles work is below the footer. You can save them on any device with a browser and read them offline.

The Declaration of the United States of America

The Declaration in light mode.

The toggles work offline, too. And independently of each other. Playing with them can help to ameliorate boredom for the time it takes for an elevator to go down 5-6 levels if no one gets on or off.

The dyslexia mode button applies an alternate set of CSS rules to paragraph text, increasing the font size and the space between letters and words. This is to help mitigate the visual distortions some people with dyslexia experience while reading.

Dyslexia mode, with increased font size and letter- and word-spacing.

The Constitution of the United States of America

Screenshot of the first screenful of The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787. At the top, there are light mode and dyslexia mode toggles, followed by the contents menu, the title in a headline font, and the first paragraph of text.
Screenshot: The same page in dyslexia mode, with an increase in font size, letter- and word-spacing.

Don’t worry, screen reader users — there’s a skip-to-content link so you don’t have to listen to the title and all the navigation.

Screenshot: The Amendments to the United States Constitution in dark mode.

This one has toggles and contents navigation at the top, too, but they don’t fit on the same screenful with the text. You get the idea.

And there is also The United States Bill of Rights, which are the first ten amendments.

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