The new colonies were settled on the east of what is now considered The United States and were devided in…
Abraham Lincoln – Gettysburg Adress
On June 1 , 1865, Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln.…
BOSTON TEA PARTY
Was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachussets, on December 16, 1773. The target…
DECLARATORY ACT
The declaratoy act , was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompained the repeal of the Stamp…
Black codes
As the Civil War came to a close, southern states began to pass a series of discriminatory state laws collectively…
Bill of Rights, 1791
Bill of Rights, in the United States, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which were adopted as a…
Declaration of Independence
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed…
Child labour in the Victorian Era
There was a dark side of this progressive nation in the form of child labor which was practised throughout the…
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, that occurs in November 22. In September 1620, a small…
The Mayflower Compact
In order to understand what the Mayflower Compact is about, it is essential to know who the Pilgrims were and…