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Shane Mountjoy
As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand…
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On February 23, 1836, general and dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and a Mexican force of more than 2,000 men launched an assault against Colonel William B Travis of…
In 1531, Pizarro led a small but well trained army along the Pacific Coast of the unexplored South America. With less than 200 men, he conquered the Inca empire, known…
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This book examines the culture and history of the Mayan civilization.
In 1861, Americans became engaged in a bloody civil war in which more than 600,000 Americans lost their lives. The conflict began after several states withdrew from the Union. This…
When Civil War broke out between the North and the South in 1861, the United States was still a growing nation, living with traditions of the past and beginning to…
Founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565, St Augustine remained in Spanish hands until the 1763 Treaty of Paris awarded Florida to Great Britain. This book…
The women’s rights movement grew out of the women’s suffrage movement of the mid-1800s. The second wave of the movement, which promoted economic, political, and social equality, gained momentum in…
