Alexander Hamilton played important roles in the founding of the United States. He served in the Continental Army, helped frame the United...
Spanish explorers and colonists visited, settled, and claimed territory in 42 of the United States’ 50 states. So what does the history of...
What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence? Our Fourth of July series continues with an investigation of how the...
What was everyday life like during the American War for Independence? In honor of the Fourth of July, we’ll investigate answers to this...
We’ll never know for certain how many Americans supported the American Revolution, remained loyal to the British Crown and Parliament, or...
This is an episode you’ve been waiting for! Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National...
How do we know what we know about Benjamin Franklin? We know historians, museum curators, and archivists rely on historical documents and...
What do we know about the American Revolution? Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a political event, a war, a time of social...
After Henry Hudson’s 1609-voyage along the river that now bears his name, Dutch traders began to visit and trade at the area they called...
In the Treaty of Paris, 1783, Great Britain ceded to the United States all lands east of the Mississippi River and between the southern...