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5 Maps on the Origins of the United States
Image Gallery by Simeon Netchev

5 Maps on the Origins of the United States

In this gallery of five maps, we examine the creation and expansion of the United States from the colonization of North America by European powers to the routes of the explorers who pushed ever westwards to the Pacific coast. Here we can...
League of Nations Cartoon
Image by Leonard Raven-Hill

League of Nations Cartoon

A cartoon highlighting the principal weakness of the League of Nations, that the United States, despite being instrumental in founding it in 1919, did not become a member. (From Punch magazine, December, 1919)
The
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The "Spring of Nations", Revolutionary Europe in 1848

A map illustrating the series of republican revolts and political upheavals against European monarchies in 1848, also known as the People's Spring or the Spring of Nations. The widespread violent unrest started in Sicily and, within a short...
Map of the United States, 1874
Image by D.G. Beers & Co.

Map of the United States, 1874

A map of the United States, showing each of its states, published by D.G. Beers & Co. in 1874. From the Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library.
United States Expansion after the Treaty of Paris in 1783
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United States Expansion after the Treaty of Paris in 1783

A map illustrating the expansion of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783), which ended the War of the American Revolution, recognized U.S. independence, and granted it sizeable additional territory...
Westward Exploration and Settlement of the United States c.1850
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Westward Exploration and Settlement of the United States c.1850

A map illustrating the patterns and routes of westward exploration and settlement in the United States after the “Louisiana Purchase” from France in 1803. As Napoleonic dreams of a great North American Empire gave way to French hegemonic...
Second Continental Congress
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was the body of delegates that governed the Thirteen Colonies and, later, the United States during the American Revolutionary War. Between its first session in May 1775 and its disbandment in March 1781, the...
Native Peoples of North America
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Native Peoples of North America

The Native Peoples of North America (also known as American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous Americans, and First Americans) are the original inhabitants of North America believed to have migrated into the region between 40,000-14,000...
Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Article by Jordan Baker

Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, Iroquois Five Nations, or the Iroquois League, was one of the most powerful Native American polities north of the Rio Grande. They arrived in the historical record in the 16th-century...
Sir William Johnson
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Sir William Johnson

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (l. c.1715-1774) was a British military officer, diplomat, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was instrumental in aligning the Native Americans of New York with the British during the French and Indian...
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