In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. This purchase included the important port city of New Orleans...
What has enabled the American experiment in democracy to endure for nearly 250 years? What is it about early American history that...
Have you ever considered early American cities as places where Native Americans lived, worked, and visited? Native Americans often visited...
You know “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman” is the Marquis de Lafayette. But what do you know about Lafayette and his life? How and...
The transatlantic slave trade dominated in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. But by 1808, a different slave trade came to...
Investigations of the American Revolution often include explorations of politics, ideology, trade and taxation, imperial control, and...
To understand early American history, we need to investigate and understand North America as an Indigenous space. A place where Native...
By the eighteenth century, the Atlantic Ocean had become a busy highway of ships crisscrossing its waters. What do we know about the ships...
The story of freedom in colonial New Orleans and Louisiana pivoted on the choices black women made to retain control of their...
The story of the founding of the United States is a familiar one. It usually (but not always) begins with English settlement at...