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re-enactment, Chestertown, Maryland tea party

From South Carolina to Maine, colonists protested the Tea Act of 1773.

Are There Instances of Raids Similar to the Boston Tea Party?
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More than 6,000 images related to U.S. social conditions and institutions.

The Social Museum Collection at Harvard University
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Photo, Local History and Technology, 2006-2007, Bland County History Archives

Looking for proof that students can handle extensive local history projects? You've found it.

Bland County History Archives
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Spotlight on Elementary Education

History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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National Election Studies
Graph, Toward a New Generation of..., 2007, S. Althaus and D. Tewksbury, ANES.

Search data from surveys of the American electorate conducted in [...] »

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Yves Klein's Untitled Anthropometry (1960), from the Hirshhorn’s collection.

Contemporary art highlights and reflects societal issues following World War [...] »

National Constitution Center: Explore the Constitution

Looking for resources on the Constitution? What better place to look than a [...] »

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Victory Vegetables

WWII Victory Gardens allowed citizens to raise food...and wage war!

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Riding the Rails

How many cows could a cowcatcher catch, if a cowcatcher could catch cows? [...] »

Lewis Hine: Caption Critique

Does a caption change the meaning of a photograph?

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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 [...] »

Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

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U.S. Navy

Who defends our seas, and how do they do it? Explore primary sources and [...] »

Government Printing Office
Photo, Headlines posted in street. . , 1940, Jack Delano, Flickr Commons

GPO is the Federal Government's resource for preserving and providing access [...] »

Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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Martha Ballard
Maine birches, 1906, Library of Congress, and text from Midwife's Monitor, 1800

Learning about the life of a midwife in 18th-century Maine through her diary [...] »

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