History Resources

Cotton Mather’s account of the Salem witch trials, 1693

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Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi, 1718

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Geography, World History

Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770

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Art, World History

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Henry Knox’s Order of March to Trenton, 1776

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Geography, Government and Civics, World History

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

George Washington on the abolition of slavery, 1786

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Economics, Government and Civics

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Two versions of the Preamble to the Constitution, 1787

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Government and Civics

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George Washington’s reluctance to become president, 1789

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Government and Civics

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The duel: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, 1804

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Government and Civics

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A map of the Louisiana Territory, 1806

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Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

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Jefferson on British aggression, 1815

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