In this world history is written by the victor. Whether the conquistadores were heroes or villains is only a matter of opinion. Given all the history textbooks that we have...
The War for Independence also known as the American Revolution was a conflict between Britain and their American colonists. It was ignited by the financial costs of the Anglo-French wars...
The American Gold Rush started in 1848 when James Marshall discovered gold whilst building a sawmill in the Sierra foothills. Word got out about the discovery and people from all...
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) are most famous for being the first men, along with the rest of the Corps of Discovery, to explore and map the American...
The infamous Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 was a compilation of four laws that were passed by the Federalist government in 1798. They were written and passed to ensure...
Hammurabi’s code of laws had a very basic concept of punishment. If you killed somebody, you die. If you are a thief, you are robbed of your hands, etc. I...