Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Treasures of Am. History: Western Expansion
Shown are images and descriptions of artifacts that express the challenges that the migrants, Mexicans, and Indians shared in their quest for westward expansion in the United States during the 1800s.
Illinois Institute of Technology
The Oyez Project: u.s Supreme Court Justices
A listing of the past and present members of the Supreme Court, with links to extensive biographical information about each justice.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Birth of the Recording Industry
This site from the Library of Congress is a fine site for information on the birth of the recording industry. Emile Berliner's inventions and improvements related to recording technology are chronicled here. Of special interest are his...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Crucible
Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a re-enactment of the Salem Witch Trials. This fascinating site analyses the themes and characters in play.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: Heroes of Texas Fiction
Describes the history of the radio, and then television show, called The Lone Ranger, one of the many heroes of Texas fiction. The second character described is Texas Jack, a dime novel character based on an actual person, who in real...
270 To Win
270towin: 1832 Presidential Election
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1832 won by Andrew Jackson with an easy victory.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Plymouth Colony
Article provides detailed facts and an overview of the establishment and famous people of the Plymouth Colony.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Lists the major works of several English Romantic poets, including William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Lord Byron, and John Keats. Includes links to some works by William Blake.
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Stephen Watts Kearny
From the memoirs of William Tecumseh Sherman you can read about his arrival in California during the Mexican War, his dealings with John Fremont, and the Bear Flag Revolt.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Presidential Election, 1824
A map of the United States showing the results of the 1824 presidential election. The 1824 election is unusual in that all of the candidates were from the same Democratic-Republican party, and being the only time since the passage of the...
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Presidential Election in the House of Representatives by States, 1825
The results of the election of 1825 in the House of Representatives. The 1825 election is unusual in that all of the candidates were from the same Democratic-Republican party, and being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth...
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Presidential Election in the House of Representatives by States, 1825
The results of the election of 1825 in the House of Representatives. The 1825 election is unusual in that all of the candidates were from the same Democratic-Republican party, and being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Adams Academy
High Gothic building, built in 1871 to a design by William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt, for a preparatory school funded with a bequest of John Adams.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Fort Johnson
Home of Sir William Johnson, and later his son Sir John Johnson.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Rhea County Courthouse
This courthouse was the scene of the Scopes Trial of July 1925, in which teacher John T. Scopes faced charges for including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in his public school lessons. The trial became a clash of titans between the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry Iii of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 - 16 November 1272) was the son and successor of John "Lackland" as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Fanning
(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York, he was driven from his home during the American Revolution and was commissioned by British General William Howe. He raised a...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Gaius Valerius Catullus
The life and work of Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus is discussed. Catullus is known for his erotic verse.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Chaucer's Ransom
List of "Contributions for Ransoms Made by the King," which includes Chaucer's name and price (following his capture in France).
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Empiricism
A brief definition is provided about English empiricism as developed in the Victorian age. Several links are provided for additional information on related subjects.