Today, Benedict Arnold’s name is synonymous with treason, betrayal, and defection. Introduction Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741...
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Bancroft’s activity as a double agent was not revealed until 1891, when British diplomatic papers were released...
The Constitutional Convention of 1789, following the Revolution, had failed to address slavery, and it took another...
The year 1824 was a political turning point in which none of the old rules applied. The...
Lyrics ranged from broad satire to sincere political expression, demonstrating just how effective a messenger music can...
All the participants recognized they were creating America’s most important public building. Introduction George Washington and Thomas...
Even after his death in 1790, Franklin remained an American celebrity. Introduction Born in Boston on January...
It was not new ideas but old ones that led the colonists to revolt and form a...
By the time the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, did colonial Americans still sound like...
Depending on the time of history that you are referring to, research shows that America’s educational system...
During the war, the top “marginal rate” was 94%, but 94% of what? Recent history shows tax...
Establishing a nation in which the people were sovereign and the aristocracy had no place. The North...
The excised passage was not then without effect and ought not now to be without effect. In...
American colonists actually celebrated New Year on March 25th! By Eryn Dion While modern day New Year’s...
The attack set in motion a series of events that transformed the United States into a global...
Examining the contributions of Frederick Jackson Turner and Alfred Thayer Mahan to the conscious creation of an...
Procedures for electing members of Congress in the early republic greatly differed from the single-district system that...
This was a period of great experimentation and change in the development of political parties. The framers...
Changes caused Protestants to lose the privileges they had enjoyed in public life, and they wanted government...
Although Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test “as a Qualification to any Office...
Freedom of speech often suffers during times of war. Introduction Patriotism at times devolves into jingoism and...
The overcrowded vessel’s crossing took more than two harrowing months. In 1620, the Mayflower plowed across the Atlantic through...
The first representative assembly in English America convened in Jamestown’s church July 30, 1619. By Ed Crews...
Reconstruction-era governments did make genuine gains in rebuilding Southern states devastated by the war. By Tina Ulrich,...
While the Southern army dwindled, the Union simply mustered new armies and tried again. By Tina Ulrich,...
The winning supporters of ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists and the opponents were called Anti-Federalists....
By 1796 politics in every state was nearly monopolized by two parties, with party newspapers and caucuses...
The sparse history has given Congress relatively few opportunities to flesh out the bare bones of the...
The 10th article of impeachment against Andrew Johnson in 1868 was about his language and conduct over...
The year 1830 was important for a distant event: the bombardment by French forces of the Barbary...