"The Great Compromiser" - Henry Clay

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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- Jun 2
- 12 min
America’s Swiss “Founding Father” – Albert Gallatin


- May 5
- 11 min
Negotiator, Lawyer, Representative, Senator, and Commissioner - Littleton Waller Tazewell.


- Jun 4, 2021
- 19 min
Jefferson’s Embargo Act and the Depression of 1807-11


- May 7, 2021
- 15 min
The Old Northwest Territory: America’s First Great Westward Expansion


- Jan 18, 2021
- 15 min
EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA DURING THE COLONIAL ERA AND THE EARLY REPUBLIC


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


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


- 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


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


- Oct 10, 2019
- 8 min
The Only Senator Ever Impeached by the House of Representatives


- Sep 12, 2019
- 13 min
Defusing a Dangerous Situation - The Jay Treaty


- Aug 30, 2019
- 10 min
The French Threat in the Mississippi Valley in the Early Republic