Few was born in 1748. His father's family had emigrated from England to Pennsylvania in the 1680s, but the father had subsequently moved to Maryland, where he married and settled on a farm near Baltimore. William was born there. He...

Hired by the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson in 1609 explored the area around what is now New York City and the river that bears his name, to a point probably north of present-day Albany, New York. Subsequent Dutch voyages laid...

An account from the Library of Congress of the famous burning of Washington where Dolley Madison saved priceless treasures from the White House minutes before the British entered the city as well as other historical events, including...

Learn about significant women in the early days of radio and television. This library exhibition features performers, writers, and executives who pioneered in the broadcasting industry. Included in the exhibit are photographs, news...

The exhibition explores historical moments in the area of transportation. As more people took to the road, clusters of roadside businesses sprang up to accommodate motorists' needs including roadside cabins. Ring's Rest, located about 20...

With this lesson plan, students will learn about the life of African American teacher and entrepreneur Maggie L. Walker, the woman to own a bank in the United States. This document includes teacher resources, student resources and...

This is a collection of American flags in color with a description of their reason for existence. Very appealing site.

Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.

Offers comprehensive information regarding Maryland's history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.

This site from the University of Maryland is a brief overview of Shang culture it mentions both nobility and commoners.

This site from the University of Maryland is an excerpt about the Chinese Civil War from a larger site on Chinese history.

A history of the "Great Leap Forward". Characterized by China's attempt to accomplish economic and technical development from 1958-1960, causing the greatest famine in history.

A history of China's transition to Socialism and the first five year plan.

A history of another great failure, the Cultural Revolution. It set China back for years because under it most of China's Universities were closed.

The history of China during the time just before and just after World War I.

A site for kids to explore the history and timeline of the state of Maryland including early explorers, Native Americans, English colony, American Revolution, and the Civil War.

Explore this collection of digitized historical newspapers and broadsides from the 1760s about pre-Revolutionary topics. Requires Adobe Reader.

This resource provides biographies of 75 women who played key roles in the women's suffrage movement. Focuses on their political accomplishments.

This extensive article focuses on the radical policy change known as the Four Modernizations which Deng Xiaoping introduced to China.

Discusses the rise of Communism in China during the period from 1928-1938.

This resource provides a short description of the Second Bank of the United States. It contains a part of President Andrew Jackson's veto of the renewal bill for the Bank's charter.

Part of an anecdotal history of optics and the study of light. Extremely thorough treatment of how scientists came to believe in the wave nature of light. Includes a short biographical sketch and discusses the work of Thomas Young...

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), an escaped slave from Maryland who later became one of the Underground Railroad's most famous "Conductors."

Read an account of the battle of Antietam and the tactical mistakes of the tentative General George McClellan. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War brought about many changes.