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Stanford University Press:institutionalization of Science in Europe,1650 to 1850
A description of chapter 3 from a book titled Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman. The chapter looks at how the Second Industrial Revolution gave rise to...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: "Friends and Citizens of Texas"
Explore the Texas Revolution through primary texts. Here you can read "Friends and Citizens of Texas," a broadside from March 2, 1836, that "called all citizens to arms and all armed vessels to the coast."
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Indian Policies
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section briefly explains how Commissioner George W. Manypenny visited native tribes in 1853 in order to negotiate treaties that would take away their land so...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Imagist Ezra Pound
This site from the University of Groningen provides a good exposition of the well known imagist poet, Ezra Pound. Includes links to T.S. Eliot and W. C. Williams.
Texas A&M University
Sons of De Witt Colony: Goliad Massacre: Execution of James Fannin
Vivid account of the Goliad Massacre and the execution of Colonel James W. Fannin. Site excerpts primary source references.
PBS
Kqed: Russian American Immigration
A historic look at the earliest wave of Russian immigration to the United States, which began in the late nineteenth century and continued up to the passage of restrictive immigration laws in the 1920s. With details about how World War I...
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Adena Culture
Read this brief, but informative description of the Adena culture and the change resulting in the people's turning to agriculture as a way of life.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: The Iroquois Indians
Information about the confederacy of Native Americans known as the Iroquois. Details how they lived and their allies and enemies, both foreign and from other Native American tribes.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission:battle of Coleto and Goliad Massacre
This is a fascinating, first-hand account of the Goliad Massacre, written by an American survivor.
OpenStax
Open Stax: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980 2000: A New World Order
Page featuring information on a changing order both at home and abroad during the 1980s. Several links to primary source material, glossary and questions for student discussion.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Sauk Indians
This is a very brief article on the Sauk Indians, who were part of the Algonquin Indians. Read about their involvement in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Panama and Nafta
Brief description of Panama and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiated by President George Bush and ratified during the Clinton administration.
Other
Texas Escapes: A Survivor's Account of the Goliad Massacre
At this site read a vivid account from a survivor of the Goliad Massacre.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: After the Civil War: The New South
After the Civil War, there was some impetus to modernize the South's economy to make it more industrialized and less agrarian. It never gained traction while sharecropping and tenant farming did, ensuring the persistence of rural...
Curated OER
The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
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The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
Curated OER
The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.
Curated OER
The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
At this site from The History Place view paintings and lithographs of George Washington. See representations of this great man at different points during his life.