Smallpox was the most feared disease in North America and in many parts of the world before its eradication in 1980. So how did early...
What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better...
What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative...
Have you ever stopped to think about how the United States became a manufacturing nation? Have you ever wondered how the United States...
The history of Native American land dispossession is as old as the story of colonization. European colonists came to the Americas, and the...
Is there anything more we can know about well-researched and reported events like the Boston Massacre? Are there new ways of looking at oft...
What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past...
When we think of important years in the history of the American Revolution, we might think of years like 1765 and the Stamp Act Crisis...
How did Jamaica grow to become the “crown jewel” of the British Atlantic World? Part of the answer is that Jamaica’s women...
What was everyday life like for those who lived in early America? To get at the everyday lives of early Americans we need to look at the...