Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
Gandhi once told an associate (V.
General Sherman devastated Atlanta during his 1864 "March to the Sea.
King George III, of Britain, is widely viewed as the man who "lost America." Is that a fair view?
Thomas Jefferson called George Mason (17251792), one of our truly great men.
Nine days after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the 107th Congress. He pledges to defend America's fre...
As Germany begins is April 1940 invasion of Norway, a German heavy cruiser arrives in Trondheim.
John Sutter grew to rue the day he found gold at Sutter's Mill. Where were the gold fields located which drew so many settlers to California?
Edward Sorel created this parody of America's sitting Vice-President, Spiro Agnew, in 1973. Not long after the political cartoon was published by Harp...
My story is about the Hawaiian Overthrow in Hawaii and how the throne was taken away from Queen Liliuokalani (the first and last queen of Hawaii). It ...
John F. Kennedy (JFK) was the 35th president of the United States.
Although he was a committed Communist by the 1920s, Ho Chi Minh admired many American ideals. One of those ideals was the way the U.S. broke free from...
This photo is frequently mistaken as a picture of Homer Plessy. It is actually Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (10 May 1837 - 21 December 1921...
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