Day: August 2, 2026

TEA AND PUNISHMENT

In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. It allowed the financially troubled East India Company to sell tea directly in…

TROOPS, BLOOD AND THE POWER OF AN IMAGE

The Townshend duties of 1767 taxed imported glass, lead, paper, paint and tea. Colonists renewed boycotts, while customs enforcement intensified.…

THE STAMP ACT MAKES RESISTANCE CONTINENTAL

The Stamp Act Congress brought delegates from nine colonies to New York, where they declared that only colonial representatives could…

Road to revolution

From Protest to Rebellion, 1763-1775 “The Revolution began before independence-with an argument over power, consent and the rights of British…

THE WAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

The French and Indian War began in 1754 as a struggle over the Ohio Valley and became part of a…

AWAKENING, ENLIGHTENMENT AND A SHARED EXPERIENCE

In the 1730s and 1740s, the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Itinerant preachers spoke to large outdoor crowds, stressing…

LIBERTY PRACTICED, LIBERTY WITHHELD

Distance from Britain required colonists to manage much of their daily public life. Royal governors represented imperial authority, but elected…

THREE REGIONS, INTERDEPENDENT ECONOMIES

NEW ENGLAND Rocky soil and a short growing season encouraged small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering and maritime trade. Compact towns…

The thirteen colonies

From Settlements to a New Society, 1620-1763 “Separate colonies became neighboring societiesand slowly discovered what they shared.” THIRTEEN COLONIES, MANY…

PLYMOUTH: COVENANT, COOPERATION AND CONFLICT

Thirteen years after Jamestown, the Mayflower arrived in present-day Massachusetts. Its passengers included religious Separatists seeking the freedom to build…

JAMESTOWN: SURVIVAL AT A TERRIBLE PRICE

In 1607, an English expedition established Jamestown in Virginia, the first enduring English settlement in what became the United States.…

EXCHANGE AND CATASTROPHE

The sustained movement of plants, animals, peoples, technologies and diseases between the hemispheres is known as the Columbian Exchange. Foods…

Encounters and colonies

Europeans Arrive, New Worlds Collide “What one people called discovery, another experienced as arrival-and soon as upheaval." AN OCEAN BECOMES…

CITIES, GOVERNMENTS AND KNOWLEDGE

Apersistent misconception holds that early Indigenous Americans lived only in small, scattered bands. Communities varied greatly, but some created substantial…

MANY PEOPLES, MANY WORLDS

There was no single Indigenous culture in North America. The continent contained hundreds of nations, languages, political traditions and ways…

From Ancient Lands to a New Nation

“America did not begin with independence. It began with people.” A CONTINENT BEFORE A COUNTRY Long before there was a…

THE MAKING OF AMERICA

From Ancient Lands to a New Nation “America did not begin with independence. It began with people.” Before there was…

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America @ 250: Celebrating a Nation, Reflecting on an Idea

The year 2026 marks a historic milestone in the life of the United States of America. Two hundred and fifty…

America @ 250: Declaration of Unalienable Rights, Backed by Sacred Honor and Rockets’ Red Glare

TODAY, EVERY AMERICAN MUST DECLARE HERE AND NOW TO PRESERVE AMERICA AND AMERICANISM FOREVER, AND SWEAR: "AND FOR THE SUPPORT…