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Lessons for new empty nesters
Bonnie Ayars shares advice for parents whose children recently left the nest to attend college.
Navigation Acts focused on Colonial trade
Hugh Earnhart offers an inside look at British trade policy during the 17th century and explores how the Colonies fit into things.
Puritans paved the way for American way of life
The Plymouth colony was never large, but it played a significant role in pointing other dissenters the way to the New World.
Early ordinances set the path for the country
Under the operation of early policies, millions of Americans today enjoy a security of life and liberty that many people around the world don’t get.
Kansas faced a lot of pushback before it entered the Union as a free state
On Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas, the Sunflower State, entered the Union as a free state numbered 34. But it didn’t happen overnight. It was a long arduous road.
Formation of the Confederacy preceded American Civil War
Discontent grew in the South until southern states began seceding and eventually formed the Confederacy to oppose the Union army in the American Civil War.
Though successful, Mexican war brought guilt
Learn more about how the Mexican war started, ended and everything in that happened in between.
When Lincoln was thanked by Sojourner Truth
Learn more about the life and work of Sojourner Truth and the time she visited Abraham Lincoln to thank him for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
The birth of the Railway Post Office in 1869
The post office created the Railway Post Office (RPO) in 1869. Learn more about the innovations that made it possible and how it evolved over time.
The French have a rich history of exploration in North America
From the early 1600s to 1763 when the Treaty of Paris was signed, the French explored North America leaving their mark in many ways.
