Top Items About American History
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| Trivia | A brief history of Censorship in America | Seven years after the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791, Congress enacted the Sedition Act [1798] making it a crime... | root | 401 | |
| Anecdotes | Star-Spangled | After witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore on September 13?14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired... | Anonymous | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | 1440 Minutes of Fame? | Ever heard of David Rice Atchinson? In 1849, he served as the 12th president of the United States - for one... | Anonymous | 41 | |
| Anecdotes | E Pluribus Unum | The Latin phrase `E pluribus unum` (one from many), adopted by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as... | Anonymous | 29 | |
| Anecdotes | Theodore Roosevelt & the Panama Canal | In 1903, the United States took possession of the Panama Canal Zone. Theodore Roosevelt, concerned about the... | Anonymous | 28 | |
| Anecdotes | Pointed Comment | "On the surrender of [John Burgoyne`s] British army to General Gates, at Saratoga [on October 17, 1777], that... | Anonymous | 25 | |
| Anecdotes | Fading Light | During the American Civil War General Stonewall Jackson, in a brilliant military maneuver, outflanked a vastly superior... | Anonymous | 25 | |
| Anecdotes | Minuit | On May 4th, 1626, the aptly-named Peter Minuit succeeded Willem Verhulst as the director general of New Netherland.... | Anonymous | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | George III: Crown Jewel | "On September 22nd, 1761, their Majesties George III and Queen Charlotte were crowned in Westminster Abbey. The... | Anonymous | 22 | |
| Anecdotes | Fighting Words! | During the Civil War, Henry Ward Beecher traveled to England in order to solicit British support for the Northern cause. | Anonymous | 22 |
