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On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the new
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When we think of Native Americans, many of us think of inland dwellers. People adept at navigating f
When we think about early American slavery, our minds evoke images of plantations where enslaved men
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In 1705 a group of colonists in Simsbury, Connecticut founded a copper mine, which the Connecticut G
As part of its mission, the National Park Service seeks to protect and preserve places saved by the
In 1959, the Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press published Lester J. Cappon’s
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Two drafters and signers of the Declaration of Independence, two di
The Jersey Devil is a monster legend that originated in New Jersey’s early American past. How and wh
King Philip’s War is an event that appears over and over again in books about colonial America. So w
As many as 70 percent of Americans consider themselves to be members of the middle class. But if you
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The Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws enacted by the United States government in 1798.
