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...
There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments in business, politics, and diplomacy...
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of African and African American music to the United States’ musical traditions. Steven Lewis, a...
Our 5-episode series about music in Early America continues with this second episode that seeks to answer your questions about music in...
What was music like in Early America? How did different early Americans—Native Americans, African Americans, and White Americans—integrate...
Did you know that small Native American nations had the power to dictate the terms of French colonization in the Gulf South region...
Prepare for tricks, treats, and time travel! In honor of Halloween, we’re traveling back to the mid-seventeenth century to investigate a...
What made trade with China so important to the new United States that one of Americans’ first acts after securing the United States’...