Marriage was a common, although not a legal, institution among plantation slaves.

Small-scale southern farmers were often

In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, the British

The profession of engineering developed largely as a result of

The most serious crisis of George Washington’s presidency, leading to some calls for impeachment, was

The commander of Texan forces seeking independence was

Carpetbaggers and scalawags generally

Many of the first settlers of the Chesapeake region came as indentured servants who worked for a master under a contract in exchange for passage to the New World.

During the 1820s and 1830s, a growing number of white men who did not own land were given the right to vote.

The United States was able to acquire Florida easily because of