For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

Following his victory at Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey became an overnight sensation in the United States. His picture ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

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Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

The U.S. government wanted Indians to learn skills and attitudes deemed necessary for successful American citizenship. Indian ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Many of the war’s earliest casualties were left on the field for days before they died or were removed to hospitals. But both ...

In the early 19th century, the Cherokee people began adapting traditions of their white neighbors. While many white people ...