On April 19, 1775, the thirteen colonies found themselves at war with Great Britain. British military forces ranked among the most powerful...
On April 10th, 1606, King James I granted the Virginia Company of London a charter. Just over a year later, on May 14, 1607, this privately...
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and...
How did Indigenous people adapt and survive the onslaught of Indigenous warfare, European diseases, and population loss between the...
African chattel slavery, the predominant type of slavery practiced in colonial North America and the early United States, did not represent...
Before the American Revolution became a war and a fight for independence, the Revolution was a movement and protest for more local control...
On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this...
How did everyday Americans in the early United States use and enjoy music? How did they create and circulate new songs and musical lyrics...
Our study of music in Early America continues with this third episode in our five-episode series. Our last two episodes (Episode 343 and...
Did you know that small Native American nations had the power to dictate the terms of French colonization in the Gulf South region...