Establishing colonies in North America took an astonishing amount of work. Colonists had to clear trees, eventually remove stumps from...
On September 17, 1787, the members of the Constitutional Convention concluded their work by signing the final draft of their new proposed...
July 4, 2023 marks the 247th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States. In three short years, we...
Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We choose to reflect on the end of...
For much of the colonial period, Spain claimed almost all of North America as Spanish territory. It displayed this claim on maps and...
On April 19, 1775, the thirteen colonies found themselves at war with Great Britain. British military forces ranked among the most powerful...
In 1682, the first Assembly of Pennsylvania and the Delaware counties met in Chester, Pennsylvania, and adopted “the Great Law,” a...
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and...
People of African descent have made great contributions to the United States and its history. Think about all of the food, music, dance...
What was music like in Early America? How did different early Americans—Native Americans, African Americans, and White Americans—integrate...