Americans declared war and Britian took first action. By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia Introduction...
United States History
Explore the peoples and forces that shaped the United States, beginning with Indigenous societies and continuing through colonization, revolution, territorial expansion, slavery, industrialization, war, reform, and ongoing struggles over democracy and equality.
Pregnancy evolved from a feared consequence of sin to a celebrated pillar of civic virtue — but...
Indigenous influence and unity particularly worried the government. By Eli WizevichHistory CorrespondentSmithsonian Magazine On December 15, 1890,...
As the dominant global superpower, the United States has long been known for its cultural, economic, and...
The rise of the metropolis in the nineteenth century created a distinctive urban culture. The United States...
Industrialization spurred the development of a powerful ideology in which private and public spheres were considered antithetical....
The desire to gather the papers and records of the Revolution informed a series of publishing projects....
Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas...
Madison was intellectual leader and keeper of the memory of the gathering that created the Constitution 1787....
The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 and needed 9 of 13 states to ratify it. After...
As a school of legal thought, originalism can be traced to an article by Robert Bork in...
The letter also attempted to reunite the country after the controversial 1794 Jay Treaty and warned of...
The Constitution provides two options, both in Article II, for the president to obtain advice and support....
We can thank the anti-federalists for our Bill of Rights. Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the...
Angry mobs torched buildings and Virginians drank a toast to George Washington’s speedy death. Introduction Americans have an anger problem....
They decried the army’s condition and the lack of Congressional support and wanted to send Congress an...
The outmoded legacies of Calhoun’s arguments about slavery, like the legacy of slavery itself, are still very...
The Boston Tea Party is well documented, but are there other instances of similar raids? Introduction The...
The president accused his former vice president of treason and tussled with a Supreme Court justice. Mark...
Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
“…the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...
Republican loyalty has superseded branch loyalty, and never more so than in the Trump era. By Dr....
Several skeptical delegates left Philadelphia earlier than the September 17, 1787 signing day. The earliest critics of...
For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic...
By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up...
In 1791, President George Washington selected the area that is now the District of Columbia from land...
The civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. Introduction What is the...
“My fate is in your hands. I am prepared for the verdict.” Introduction On a sultry afternoon...
Gerry the proposed original constitution threatened the liberties of the people and the rights of the states....