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For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

A triumphant general in Washington’s position might have tried to seize power, but Washington, like other Americans, saw ...

Washington sought to impose strict military protocols and daily orders on life in camp, but was constantly frustrated by all ...

War production devoured cotton, silk, nylon, wool, leather, and rubber and little was left for civilian clothes or shoes.

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...