He became a leading figure supporting the colonial ... United States Constitution. As the first president of the USA, George Washington set many vital examples. His leadership strengthened the new ...

Colonies of North America in 1776, at the United States Declaration of Independence. Statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Thirteen American colonies then at war with ...

In the article on “Early Explorers of Southern South America from the United States” in NATURE of August 17, p. 238, line 5, for “Stongington” read “Stonington”, and line 8 for ...

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society respectfully represent that, being about to commence the ...

From whole hogs to smoked fish and brisket, this all-American smoke-infused cooking style is as diverse as the US itself – ...

Religion in the early colonial era Most of the earliest book bans were spurred by religious leaders, and by the time Great Britain founded its colonies in America, it had a longstanding history of ...

Most scholars say that at the nation's founding ending a pregnancy wasn’t illegal—or even controversial. Here’s a look at the complex early history of abortion in the United States.

That this sympathy and understanding on the part of the United States is not dictated solely by considerations of internal political expediency, is easily deduced from a review of Zionism in America.

Most states’ social-studies curricula include American Indians only in the pre-1900 period—and then mostly as generalized objects of U.S. colonization and westward migration.

Rachel Maddow runs through the list of decisions and developments in the first few weeks of Donald Trump's second term that have compromised U.S. national security or defense readiness, and are ...