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Part 1 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines Americans' desire to explore the then unknown west of the early 1800's. President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in...
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This map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition documents the entire journey to the Pacific Ocean, and the return journey to St. Louis, Missouri in 1806. Included on this map are notable encounters the...
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History in a Nutshell is a series on KnowItAll.org designed to assist educators in classrooms, helping explain historical events in layman’s terms- short, sweet, and to the point! The third quiz in...
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Short, sweet, and to the point - This series explains historical events in layman's terms!
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William Hiott is the Executive Director & Chief Curator for Fort Hill Plantation. He guides us through the history of Fort Hill and its famous residents, John C. Calhoun and Thomas Green Clemson...
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A Cultural Hearth The success of Barbados, Carolina, America, the New World for that matter is coterminous with slavery. The labor, the technology, the ingenuity, and the culture that supported this...
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Now what is a meme, you may wonder? Well, a "meme" is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture—often with the aim of conveying a particular phenomenon, theme, or...
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"Bill Of Rights Of The United States Of America (1791)." Bill Of Rights Institute. https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/bill-of-rights/. Accessed 3 October 2018. Locke, John. Two...
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This photo gallery features the following visuals from the "Birth Of The Constitution" episode! Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Author Of "The Social Contract" John Locke, Author Of "Two Treatises Of...
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After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...