Why did the electoral college select Thomas Jefferson to be John Adams’s vice president after the 1796 election?

What was Quaker writer Anthony Benezet known for in the late eighteenth century?

Despite the deteriorating discipline and living conditions at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777–1778, American troops benefited from

What was a critical advantage for the Americans over the British during the American Revolution?

Why did most Indian nations side with the British during the American Revolution?

After the outbreak of the American Revolution, why did almost 80,000 Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Shakers, and Moravians remain neutral in the face of fines and imprisonment?

What was an effect of French diplomat Edmond Genêt’s visit to the United States?

Between the spring of 1775 and the spring of 1776, what had changed in the way Patriot leaders thought about their relationship with Britain?

Why did some Continental Army officers threaten a takeover of the government in 1783?

How was Phillis Wheatley different from most of her fellow African Americans at the time of the American Revolution?