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The Mayflower Ship
It established the first basis in the new world written for laws.Half of the colony failed to survive the first winter, but the remainder lived on and prospered. -
Spotlight Biography
Adams and Jefferson shared many similarities: both men received elite educations, studied law, and became members of their colonial legislatures. Both were delegates to the Continental Congress and served on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. -
Revelution of the New Nation
It did more than secure American independence from Britain.It established a "revolutionary" agenda that has preoccupied Americans ever since. -
Colonies at Maturity
When the struggle for the North American continent had ended with England victory over France. Its citizens proud of their rights as English land and made them their own way. -
declaration of independents
It is to celebrate the birth of the great Charterof our independence -
Star Spangles Banner and the war of 1812
It fostered a strong sense of National Pride among the American people. They have strong patriotic feelings that reflect on the song. "The Star Spangled Banner" -
The Amistad Case
John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, and then serving in Congress, visited thirty-six African men being held outside of New Haven, Connecticut. The Africans who had mutinied on a Spanish slave ship were being tried for piracy and murder on the high seas. -
The Seneca falls convention
The seed for the first Womens Rights Convintion was planted in 1840. The convention took five days July 19-20. Staton, thirty-two years old at the time of the Seneca Falls Convintion. -
Spain in the American imagination
the relationship between Spain and the United States during the 18th century has been well known for the scholars in the feild. -
Frankin and his friends portraying the man of science
"Franklin & His Friends" presents portraits of men who, regardless of their actual vocation, shared a passion for science. Their portraits document their scientific accomplishments, in the pursuit of which they invested time, energy, and money. Men of science in America were a diverse group in background, wealth, and vocation.
