History Now Essay African Americans in the Revolutionary War Michael Lee Lanning From the first shots of the American Revolutionary War until the ultimate victory at Yorktown, black men significantly contributed to securing independence for the United States from Great Britain. On March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks,... Appears in: 46 | African American Soldiers Fall 2016
Video: Book Breaks Jonathan W. White - "Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade" Government and Civics Jonathan W. White is a professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University. Order Shipwrecked at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...
History Now Essay George Washington’s French and Indian War Theodore J. Crackel World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ By the 1580s the French were ahead of the British in reaching into the interior of North America. They had established trading companies there, and their ships regularly brought furs back to France. Early in the seventeenth century... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012
History Now Essay Cahokia: A Pre-Columbian American City Timothy R. Pauketat 9 Almost a thousand years ago, American Indians built a city along the Mississippi River in the middle of North America. Located opposite modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, this city is called Cahokia by archaeologists, and it was as large... Appears in: 28 | American Indians Summer 2011
History Now Essay Native American Discoveries of Europe Daniel K. Richter Economics, Geography, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Native Americans discovered Europe at the same time Europeans discovered America. As far as we know, no birch bark canoes caught the gulf stream to Glasgow, and no Native American conquistadores planted flags at Florence, but just as... Appears in: 12 | The Age Of Exploration Summer 2007
Video: Book Breaks Matthew F. Delmont - "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad" Government and Civics Matthew F. Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. Order Half American at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided...
History Now Essay A New Era of American Indian Autonomy Ned Blackhawk Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The American West is home to the majority of America’s Indian Nations, and, within the past generation, many of these groups have achieved unprecedented political and economic gains. Numerous reservation communities now manage... Appears in: 9 | The American West Fall 2006
History Now Essay Lockean Liberalism and the American Revolution Isaac Kramnick Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The town of Boston took an important step toward rebellion on November 20, 1772, by adopting a declaration of "the Rights of the Colonists" drafted by Sam Adams, the firebrand of the Revolution. Adams summarized these "Natural rights"... Appears in: 21 | The American Revolution Fall 2009
History Now Essay Immigrant Fiction: Exploring an American Identity Phillip Lopate Literature 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Strictly speaking, all American novels (with the exception of those written by Native Americans) are in one way or another immigrant fiction. But we usually think of immigrant fiction more narrowly as the encounter of the foreign-born... Appears in: 3 | Immigration Spring 2005
History Now Essay The US and Spanish American Revolutions Jay Sexton Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, World History If one says "American Revolution" in the United States today, it is assumed that what is being referred to is the North American liberation struggles against the British Empire in the late eighteenth century. But the British North... Appears in: 34 | The Revolutionary Age Winter 2012