Delaware is not only one of the original thirteen colonies, it is the first official state in the union. It has thousands of years of human history behind it, both Native American and European...
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Samuel Huntington: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Samuel Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Like so many other signers, his career encompassed a lot more than that one important historical event. Samuel had a thriving legal...
The Second Amendment: The Bill of Rights
The 2nd Amendment is a simple one, coming in at just one sentence. Yet, it is the one that people in the United States argue the most about today regarding its meaning. This is a description of that...
Francis Hopkinson: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Francis Hopkinson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. However, this important and famous signature was just one of a virtual cornucopia of accomplishments by Francis. He was truly a...
William Hooper: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
William Hooper was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born and raised in Boston, he went to Harvard at a young age, and moved to North Carolina to pursue a career in law. It was there that...
The Eighth Amendment: The Bill of Rights
The Eighth Amendment to the Bill of Rights is the one that has the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This is what the Eighth Amendment tells us about our protections.
The First Amendment: The Bill of Rights
What is the Bill of Rights? It is the first ten amendments to the Constitution. There were promises made to include a Bill of Rights to the Constitution in exchange for state ratifying committees...
When Vermont Was a Nation: A Closer Look at Our 14th State
Vermont is our 14th state, the first to join the nation after the Revolution. It also spent some time as an independent nation. Here's Vermont's story.
Adams and the Alien and Sedition Act
The Alien and Sedition Act cost President John Adams re-election. Here's why this act made our nation's 2nd president the first to lose a re-election campaign.
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1790s?
The 1790s were a decade of political upheaval around the world, but most particularly in France. The United States was a new nation, just getting its footing in the world. Scandinavia and Great...
The United States Under the Articles of Confederation: A Forgotten History
The Articles of Confederation came before the Constitution. Our nation operated under them for 8 years. What were the Articles and why were they changed?
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1920s?
The 1920s were a transformative decade in American history. In some ways, this decade even changed the world. What were your ancestors doing a century ago? What was life like for them? Knowing more...
An In-Depth Look at the 1870 US Federal Census
The 1870 US federal census is a valuable tool for genealogists looking for their families in America just after the Civil War. It is a census of a few important firsts, as well as one of a...
The State Capitals: New York
Albany is the capital of the state of New York and has been since 1797. However, Europeans were living at Albany for about a century and a half before that, and Native Americans prior to that. Albany...
The State Capitals: Michigan
Lansing is the state capital of Michigan. It started as what was considered an insignificant settlement in the backwoods of Michigan, and almost unbelievably became its state capital in a slick move...