Leading up to the Compromise of 1790, two important topics were debated in Congress with such ferocity that both issues had halted in a congressional...
To protect British merchants and creditors from depreciated colonial currency, this act regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in...
Benjamin Franklin's name seems synonymous with one American city: Philadelphia. Though Franklin passed a great deal of time across the Atlantic Ocean...
After the passage and ratification of the Constitution and subsequent Bill of Rights, the Legislative Branch began to resemble what it is today. While...
The Ladies’ Association of Philadelphia launched with the publication of the “Sentiments of an American Woman” on January 10, 1780, three years after...
John Burgoyne was born in London in 1722. After he completed his education at the Westminster School, he joined the army as a cornet in the 13th Light...
(Washington, D.C.) — As millions of families across the nation begin a school year like no other, one where distance learning and virtual classrooms...
(Washington, D.C.) - In a joint letter sent to the Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources, representatives of the Association for the Preservation of...