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Whether you are interesting in teaching your students more about Colonial Williamsburg or offering insight into 18th century life in general, this website is a handy tool. The site allows visitors to virtually explore buildings in Colonial Williamsburg, "meet" famous historical figures, play games, and participate in a number of other activities. FIND OUT MORE »

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Agents of Social Change: 20th-Century Women's Activism

Photo. Jessie Lloyd with an unidentified group. 1928

Source documents to help you approach 20th-century feminism. [...] »

Thomas Paine National Historical Association

Photo, The Thomas Paine Memorial Building, Thomas Paine National Historical Ass.

Explore the life and works of one of the most famous revolutionaries— [...] »

The History of Sanitary Sewers

Photo, Cumil, February 21, 2008, UnorthodoxY, Flickr

Few engineering feats are so overlooked by history as the creation of sewers [...] »

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Naming Colonial History

Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »

War of Invaders

What do these biased narratives of the French and Indian War tell us? [...] »

The Garden of Infants

Illustration, child in a garden, 1902, from Henrietta Eliot [...]

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German Romantic [...] »

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Causes of the American Revolution

Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America

Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, and [...] »

John Brown's Raid

Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? Southerners? [...] »

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National Museum of American History

Bush AIDS Flag. . . , ACT UP New York, New York Public Library

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection of [...] »

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Photo, A papier-mache cow. . . , 1944, Herald Newspaper, Flickr Commons

Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture? [...] »

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Introducing Taxation

Engraving, The Tea-Tax Tempest, 1778, NYPL Digital Gallery

Taxes are a part of our everyday life. But was this always true in the United States? [...] »

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