High school courses for students, teachers, home-schoolers, and history lovers. Learn More. We are incensed by the recent removal of references to slavery and enslaved people from the historical …

American History American History From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium The word history comes from the Greek word historía which means "to learn or know by inquiry." In the pieces that follow, we …

Indentured Servants This picture, Industry and Idleness, shows 2 apprentices starting in identical circumstances, one is the industrious Francis Goodchild and the other is the unsuccessful Thomas …

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On June 28, 1948, President Harry S Truman signed Public Law 795 creating Independence National Historical Park. Under the leadership of Judge Edwin O. Lewis, the Independence Hall Association …

2011年1月3日 · A timeline of the evolution and development of the official U.S. flag over the course of U.S. History

In studying the history of the United States, it is important to go back to primary source material. Here are some of the key documents and speeches that all well-informed citizens of the United States …

Welcome to ushistory.org's Declaration of Independence website, providing a wealth of information about the Declaration, biographies of all the signers, lesson plans for introducing students to the …

The Events Leading to Independence How, then, in a few short years did everything change? What happened to make the American colonists, most of whom thought of themselves as English subjects, …

Following Richard Nixon's announcement that U.S. troops would be sent into Cambodia, protests began on college campuses throughout the nation. At Kent State University in Ohio, four demonstrators …