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Maddie's Time Travel Essay

Maddie imagines being a daughter of King George III during the American Revolution Related Links American Revolution How to Write a…

Paine, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809, Anglo-American political theorist and writer, b. Thetford, Norfolk, England. The son of a working-class Quaker, he became an excise officer and was dismissed…

Stuart, Gilbert

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, Gilbert, 1755–1828, American portrait painter, b. North Kingstown, R.I., best known for his portraits of George Washington. Having shown an early talent for drawing, he became…

agrarian reform

(Encyclopedia) agrarian reform, redistribution of the agricultural resources of a country. Traditionally, agrarian, or land, reform is confined to the redistribution of land; in a broader sense it…

History of July 4 Celebrations

  America's biggest secular holiday John Adams wrote that the Fourth of July "...ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations…

American Wars

Military Conflicts in U.S. History World War I Primer Gettysburg Primer…

Mexico, country, North America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MexicoMexicomĕkˈsĭkō [key], Span. México or MéjicoMexicoboth: māˈhēkō [key], officially United Mexican States, republic (2015 est. pop. 125,891,000), 753,665 sq mi (1,952,500 sq…

smuggling

(Encyclopedia) smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has…

habeas corpus

(Encyclopedia) habeas corpushabeas corpushāˈbēəs kôrˈpəs [key] [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of…