Not all Natives could fight their way through the American expansion and empire building. Some tried to accept an increasingly shrinking home. They even tried to outrun the fate that awaited them. […]
The Modoc, just like other Native tribes, had to suffer the humiliation and indignities brought on by the American expansion and empire building. Fighting a losing battle, they had to constantly strategize and find ways to make peace and survive. […]
James Madison had an active political career in the U.S. He suggested many reforms to the confederation and was able to successfully lead the way to changes. […]
James Madison was actively involved in the political world of America. He proposed a meeting of the commissioners to consider the necessity of having a uniform system in the commercial regulations. Later he was elected in a county election and gradually was appointed as a member of Virginia’s delegation to the Continental Congress. […]
George Washington was deeply involved in plans for the Potowmack Navigation Company, which aimed to develop the Potomac River the chief commercial highway of America. He was eventually able to break the deadlock between two states on the boundary of the river and make headway. […]
James Madison had a prolific political career. Some critics feel, that, the fact that he was unencumbered by a large family helped in maintaining his focus and contributed toward his productivity. […]
The Articles of Confederation were, for the states, not ratified and at times ignored. James Madison noticed that they also saw them as nothing more than a treaty of amity, of commerce, and of alliance, between independent and sovereign states. […]
James Madison took time out to study other confederacies and compared them with the current system. He read Hume’s observation that a state having large communities act as a system of checks and balances against one faction becoming dominant. Keeping that in mind he proposed a new framework of governance. […]
The Great Plains was a region that had seen profound environmental, demographic, and cultural transformations long before Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark showed up. And yet, the westward sojourn of Lewis and Clark holds a special place among the many origin myths about the making of America. […]
The Awakeners imparted to Patrick Henry a suspicion of authority, including the authority of the Church of England in Virginia. Thus, despite being deeply religious, he, as defense lawyer, fought for the Two-Penny Act against the clergy in Virginia. […]
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