America's First Political Factions - Federalists and Anti-Federalists

Here is where we publish articles about the social, political and military history of American society during the Colonial and Early Republic Eras. Where we feel it is needed, we also examine the origins of the subject. From time to time, we will also publish articles regarding Living History interpretative skills.
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- Sep 25, 2020
- 15 min
All the World's a Stage: Theatre in Colonial and Early America


- Sep 11, 2020
- 17 min
“There we were entertained with scenes romantic and delightful beyond the power of description"


- Aug 15, 2020
- 12 min
“We have made trial of our owne English seedes, kitchen hearbes, and rootes”:


- Aug 1, 2020
- 17 min
Horse Racing in Colonial America and the Early Republic


- Jul 16, 2020
- 15 min
I’ll Be at My Club – Gentlemen’s Clubs in Georgian England and America


- Jul 2, 2020
- 16 min
The Tropical Import That "Plagued" Early America


- Jun 5, 2020
- 10 min
Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, and the Insurrection Act of 1807


- May 21, 2020
- 11 min
Volcanoes, Weather, Food Shortages and Westward Migration


- May 9, 2020
- 14 min
Agrarianism, Jefferson, and Westward Expansion


- Apr 23, 2020
- 10 min
Recreational Fishing in England and America – Part 2 - Equipment

- Apr 9, 2020
- 13 min
Recreational Fishing in England and America - Part 1


- Mar 26, 2020
- 11 min
English Country Dance and it's History in America


- Mar 13, 2020
- 8 min
Importance of Social Dance in 18th and Early 19th Century America


- Feb 28, 2020
- 9 min
Testing the New Federal Government: The Whiskey Rebellion


- Feb 14, 2020
- 16 min
Canals – A Tool for Economic Growth in the Early Republic


- Jan 31, 2020
- 8 min
Art in America’s Colonial and Early National Period 1776-1830


- Jan 18, 2020
- 8 min
Western Farms to City Markets and Back: The Conestoga Wagon in Early America.


- Jan 5, 2020
- 6 min
The Grand Tour - An Early Version of Today's "Gap Year"


- Dec 20, 2019
- 8 min
Celebrating Twelfth Night


- Dec 8, 2019
- 13 min
Holiday Traditions in Colonial America and the Early Republic


- Nov 23, 2019
- 10 min
The Wine of the Elite in Colonial America and the Early Republic


- Nov 10, 2019
- 7 min
America's Original Pastime


- Oct 24, 2019
- 7 min
Alien and Sedition Acts: legislation that led to the defeat and destruction of the Federalist Party