Colonial & Early American
Was St. Brendan the first man to discover America?
Was St. Brendan the first man to discover America?
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Obviously, St. Brendan was not and could not have been the first to discover 'America'. Depending on
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The history of the Sparrow-Hawk shipwreck
In the first decades of the 1600s, a ship sailed from England, carrying colonists bound for Virginia. After a difficult six week voyage
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Was Colonial society democratic?
Democracy is defined as a form of government in which the majority of the people hold power through elections. These elections are
Colonial & Early American
John Paul Jones' raid on England (1778)
by Mark Hopkins
Standing just 5 feet five inches in his stockinged feet, John Paul, who later took the name John Paul Jones, was a small, wiry Scotsman
466 Article Titles on Colonial & Early American
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- The history of Poor Richard's Almanac (1 article)
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- Historical inaccuracies in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' (2 articles)
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- An introduction to Pontiac's Rebellion (1 article)
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- An introduction to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 (1 article)
- An introduction to crime and punishment in Colonial America (1 article)
