American History

Recent American History

Recent American History

November 18, 2023
Publications The Organization of American Historians publishes…
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Eras in American History Timeline

Eras in American History Timeline

August 10, 2023
Pouring illegal alcohol into a sewer. Getty Images Updated . The Prohibition Era in the United States has a storied past beginning with various…

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History of American Economy

History of American Economy

July 28, 2023
Illustration by Mario Hugo Picture this, arranged along a time line. For all of measurable human history up until the year 1750, nothing happened…

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Timeline of major events in American History

Timeline of major events in American History

July 4, 2023
Photograph of newspaper advertisement from the 1780s 1746 Lucy Terry, an enslaved person in 1746, becomes the earliest known black American poet…

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This day in Native American History

This day in Native American History

May 13, 2023
In many parts of the U.S., Native American Day is celebrated on the fourth Friday in September. Although not a “national” holiday, Native American…

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History of American War of Independence

History of American War of Independence

May 1, 2023
The outset of war In April 1775 Gage sent a small force to seize patriot militia weapons and gunpowder at Concord, not far from Boston, but his…

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American events in History

American events in History

April 27, 2023
October 27 - 29, 2016 Join us in the fall of 2016, as Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History brings together culinary leaders, researchers…

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American History events

American History events

February 18, 2023
Occupy our front steps! Outside, North side, Constitution Avenue entrance Google Institute portraits of disability rights leaders of Kathy Martinez…

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1763 in American History

1763 in American History

January 21, 2023
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 that ended the Seven Years’ War provided Great Britain with enormous territorial gains. Under the treaty, Canada…

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Periods of American History

Periods of American History

December 28, 2022
Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man s habitation. John Smith, founder of the colony of Virginia, 1607 Within the…

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American Educational History Timeline

American Educational History Timeline

December 4, 2022
Click on the arrows on the left and right to move along the timeline. 1830 The Virginia General Assembly forbids the teaching of African Americans—slave…

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Great events in American History

Great events in American History

November 6, 2022
It was a symbolic moment in the history of the United States when the last racial barrier in American politics was overcome. Just 143 years earlier…

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American History 1900

American History 1900

September 11, 2022
In the year 1900, Ypsilanti, Michigan’s South Adams Street was a place where the generations that knew of slavery and the struggle for freedom…

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Major events in American History

Major events in American History

December 1, 2021
On August 25, 1921, the largest labor insurgency in American history and the largest civil uprising since the Civil War began in Logan County…

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Important Dates in Native American History

Important Dates in Native American History

November 14, 2021
Miscellaneous Before the arrival of the colonists, the Native Americans had already secured a foot-hold over the vast expanses of America. Initially…

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Interesting events in American History

Interesting events in American History

October 5, 2021
#10: Captain John Smith created the first U.S. tourism marketing campaign when he coined the term New England. #9: The first law code in the…

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American History Since 1877

American History Since 1877

August 18, 2021
When in 1873 Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner entitled their co-authored novel The Gilded Age , they gave the late nineteenth century its…

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Major events in African American History

Major events in African American History

July 25, 2021
Welcome to BlackPast.org, the largest free and unrestricted reference center on African American and Global African History currently on the…

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American History Online course

American History Online course

January 26, 2021
Are you ready to take the next step in your education? offers the opportunity to pursue your master’s degree through our online graduate courses…

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American History events Timeline

American History events Timeline

January 22, 2021
Library of Congress William Penn confers with colonists 1682 William Penn arrives in America on the ship Welcome and founds Pennsylvania. A Quaker…

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American History Myths

American History Myths

October 24, 2020
It is one of the most iconic scenes of the Revolutionary War. The image of Paul Revere on horseback, shouting “The British are coming!” turned…

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