On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Over the weeks that followed, Americans gathered...
When we think about the founding of the United States, we often focus on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and those first landmark...
Long before European arrival in the Americas, Indigenous people and nations practiced enslavement. Their version of enslavement looked...
What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative...
Biography. Since the earliest days of the United States, and even before the thirteen colonies came together to forge a nation, Americans...
As a result of Great Britain’s victory in the Seven Years’ War, British North America expanded so that it stretched from the Atlantic...
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. Like history, genealogy studies people. It’s a field of study that can tell...
Wow! Ben Franklin’s World has made it to Episode 100. How do we celebrate and mark this special occasion? By your request, Liz answers your...
What do historians do with all of the information they collect when they research? How do they access their research in a way that allows...
What can the collections of the Harvard University Libraries teach us about our early American past? It turns out, quite a lot. Taylor...