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Creating a New Government

When on July 4, 1776, Americans declared independence from the monarchy of Great...

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The Early Republic

In April of 1789 the ink on the recently ratified Constitution was barely dry when George Washington began the trek from his Mount Vernon plantation to the...

The fugitive slave clause in Article 4, Section 2 of the US Constitution. (Gilde

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Race and the American Constitution: A Struggle toward National Ideals

In the summer of 1852 Frederick...

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The Rise of an American Institution: The Stock Market

On nearly every workday in the United States, if you watch cable news or...

Note of 1 shilling, 6 pence, printed in the colony of New Jersey, 1776. (GLC)

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The US Banking System: Origin, Development, and Regulation

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US Supreme Court Building, Washington, DC (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, LOC)

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The Form and Function of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court often stands at the center of the storm of politics. High profile cases over individual liberties, federal...

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The Supreme Court Then and Now

The framers of the United States Constitution made clear that the document...

The County Election, based on a painting by George C. Bingham, 1854. (Gilder Leh

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Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights

Voting Rights on the Eve of the Revolution

The basic principle that governed voting in colonial America was that voters should have a “stake in society.”...

James Madison, by A. Newsam, Philadelphia, 1846. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-30581)

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James Madison and the Constitution

James Madison had just turned twenty-five when he took up his first public office as a delegate...

Destruction of the statue of George III in New York, 1776. (GLC)

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The Invention of the Fourth of July

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