American Revolution

14 08, 2017

Quakers – Society of Friends – Religion

By |2017-08-14T23:37:27-07:00August 14th, 2017|Modern Europe, North America, Religion|Comments Off on Quakers – Society of Friends – Religion

A Quaker wedding (1800s in England) In 1648 AD, some people in England felt unhappy with the way Puritan Christians were praying to God. So they started to do things their own way. [...]

14 08, 2017

Thomas Paine – American Philosophy

By |2017-08-14T13:00:34-07:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Philosophy|Comments Off on Thomas Paine – American Philosophy

Thomas Paine (by Matthew Pratt, about 1790) In the late 1700s AD, around the same time that Voltaire, du Chatelet, and Rousseau were writing philosophy in France, and Hume was writing in England, Thomas Paine was [...]

14 08, 2017

American revolutionary war – American history

By |2019-01-24T05:29:15-08:00August 14th, 2017|History, North America|Comments Off on American revolutionary war – American history

American revolution: English soldiers search a settler's house (1770s) Why did the Americans revolt? In 1763 AD England won the French and Indian War against France (which had been fought mainly in North America), [...]

13 08, 2017

United States Independence – American history

By |2018-04-19T11:29:06-07:00August 13th, 2017|History, Native American, North America|Comments Off on United States Independence – American history

Rock Art from Utah, about 1700 AD In the 1700s AD, most of North America was still under the control of native people. Because Pueblo people and the Navajo had taken Spanish invaders' horses and traded them [...]

10 08, 2017

History of tobacco – Tobacco as medicine and money

By |2018-05-30T19:19:04-07:00August 10th, 2017|Economy, North America|Comments Off on History of tobacco – Tobacco as medicine and money

History of tobacco: Tobacco plants growing Early history of tobacco Tobacco is an American plant. Like other flowering plants, it probably evolved during the Triassic era, about 250 million years [...]

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