Florida was originally settled by Spaniards, in 1558. With the arrival of the British colonies, the Carolinas attempted to enslave the Indians in and around the Florida and Georgia territories. A boundary was formed between Carolina and Florida, but slaves, Indian and African alike, crossed the boarder into Florida and further into Indian Territory. The numbers of exiled slaves became so great...
"I am ready to allow, Mr. President, that both Great Britain and France, have given us abundant cause for war." These were the words of General German in the United State Senate that was displayed by the press in Spooner's Vermont Journal. The war described here is the War of 1812, where both Great Britain and France attempted to bully the United States into trade allegiances with either nation....
One could argue that it was the governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton, who made the United States what they are today. Without him, and his efforts to build the Erie Canal, the United States would have experienced slower economic growth. He linked the Atlantic with the Great Lakes, via the Erie Canal running through New York State, empowering the North.
DeWitt Clinton saw the opportunity...
Catherine Barker was a young student in Marietta in the early 1800s and experienced firsthand the bias against girls in education. While at school, Catherine was taught things considered proper for a young lady to learn: sewing, stitching, and working samplers. How to make clothing was an important skill for a young woman to learn because they could make money from it. One way...
In 1812 America was on the brink of war. The House of Representatives would congregate and hear various petitions and claims daily, but none more curious than those of March 4, 1812. Several petitions were submitted and claims were made in the hopes of installing new postal routes in different parts of the country. Requests for grants of land for certain individuals were also topics of discussion....
President Madison was concerned in June 1812, and he asked for the help of Congress. Thirty-six years after declaring independence from Great Britain, the United States found itself on the brink of war again, and Congress debated how to handle the seizing of American vessels by the British navy.
On June 1st, the House of Representatives took up a request by President Madison to...
On Wednesday, June 3, 1812, the United States House of Representatives held a session in which the members decided upon three different questions with regards to the looming war with Britain. The first question brought to the House by Mr. Quincy of Massachusetts, was to have the forthcoming meetings on stating the reasons and causes of having a war against Britain be held with “open doors.”...
On Thursday June 18, 1812 the members of the House of Representatives were in session when word came that the Senate had passed a bill, “An act declaring war between Great Britain and her dependencies and the United States and their territories.” Tensions with Great Britain had grown in the early 1800s because of conflict with the British Navy. The British had impressed over six thousand United...
Religion was a common tie that bound the South together in the early nineteenth century. Evangelical Protestantism became the prominent form of religion in the South. The First Great Awakening occurred between 1730 and 1760 and the Second Great Awakening took place between 1800 and 1830; both of these revivals brought new religions to the forefront and inspired a newfound interest in them. The...
Religion was a common tie that bound the South together in the early nineteenth century. Evangelical Protestantism became the prominent form of religion in the South. The First Great Awakening occurred between 1730 and 1760 and the Second Great Awakening took place between 1800 and 1830; both of these revivals brought new religions to the forefront and inspired a newfound interest in them. The...