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One of the foremost documents in American history is the one that explained the reasons that the colonies were declaring their independence from Great Britain in 1776, shortly after the outbreak of the American Revolution.
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Shays' Rebellion was an insurgent movement led by Daniel Shays during 1786-1787 in western Massachusetts.
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Depiction of the Constitution signing during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia.
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The Federalist Papers were among the most important products of the Federalist-Antifederalist debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
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Map depicting which states John Adams (Federalist) and Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) won in the presidential election of 1796.
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A series of four laws championed by the Federalists in the U.S. Congress and President John Adams, the Alien and Sedition Acts enacted several restrictions against recent immigrants to the United States, as well as limited civil liberties for U.S. citizens, under the guise of preparing the United States for its entry into the Napoleonic Wars against France.
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions suggested that the United States was a compact and that states had the right, even the duty, to "interpose" to stop unconstitutional federal actions.
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The election of 1800 was particularly important because it was the first election in which power was peacefully transferred from one national political party to another.
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Midnight judges was the name given to the 16 Federalists granted judgeships by the Judiciary Act of 1801.
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America bought Luisiana territory of France in order to expand to the West.
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During President Thomas Jefferson's administration, the embargo of 1807-1809 halted all trade between the United States and foreign nations in response to both British and French restrictions on neutral trade during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
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On March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passed an Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves to end the profitable international slave trade.
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A multipart exploration focusing on the War of 1812 and the political support it received in different areas of the United States.
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Portrait of James Monroe, president of the United States (1817-1825).
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Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 caused considerable controversy because, if it had been admitted as a slave state, Missouri would have tipped the balance in the Senate toward slave states.
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A multipart exploration focusing on President James Monroe's Monroe Doctrine, which established important principles in American foreign policy.
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The election of 1828 resulted in the election of Democrat Andrew Jackson over National Republican candidate John Quincy Adams.
