Independence from Great Britain provided the former British American colonists the opportunity to create a new, more democratic government...
We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work habits. But is the age of data new? When did...
As the first President of the United States, George Washington set many precedents for the new nation. One of the biggest precedents...
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously asked “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...
Who gets to be a founding father? “Founding Father” status goes to men who helped found the United States. That means the 56 men who signed...
How did Americans learn to establish philanthropic institutions? Victoria Johnson, an Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at...
What do you know about the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution? Caitlin Galante-DeAngelis Hopkins, a Lecturer in the...
Did you know that imagination once played a key role in the way Americans understood and practiced medicine? Sari Altschuler, an Associate...
What was it like to live as a woman of faith in early republic America? What was it like to live as a Catholic in the early United States...
Who gets to be a citizen of the United States? How does the United States define who belongs to the nation? Early Americans asked and...