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

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

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

A triumphant general in Washington’s position might have tried to seize power, but Washington, like other Americans, saw ...

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

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

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

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...

In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...