Historical Images

Join, Or Die Cartoon
Join, or Die
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President John Adams
Portrait of John Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Routes Traveled
British Expedition and Patriot Messengers Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Articles

The Dartmoor Massacre (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Moose for the Misinformed: Jefferson and Natural History (Summer 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Thomas Paine: “The Birth-Day of a New World” (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington: A Life in Books (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
How Benedict Arnold's Treason Was Discovered (August/September 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Adams Appoints Marshall (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Candidate Washington (May/June 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Magna Carta Comes to America (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Revolution Could Have Started Here (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Burr Conspiracy (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Old Glory's Odyssey (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Sewing Table (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”  (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Times That Try Men’s Souls” (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Battle that Led to Victory at Yorktown (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Private Flohr’s Other Life (October 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Why Is the American Revolution So Important? (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Best Presidential Insults (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
With Little Less Than Savage Fury (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Liberté, Egalité, Animosité (July/August 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Benjamin Rush: the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Discovering the First Washington Monument (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Washington Gives Haughty General Lee the Boot at Monmouth (June/July 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Genius of America: Our Constitution (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Declaration Still Unites Our Nation (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Documents

James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map illustrating the outcomes of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
President Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexander Hamilton
Quotations of Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Woodrow Wilson
Cloture Rule
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey of Algiers
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Death Decree
Decree of French National Assembly on the Death of Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
2nd Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Hoyt Letter
David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College: Gallup.com
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Charles A. Beard
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Selections
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Collections

Signing the Constitution
Was the Constitution An Economic Document? by Henry Steele Commager
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)