1783-1815

A graphic exploration of significant people and events in U.S. history between the years 1783 and 1800.

"Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending???his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson River, hers more than half a century later after a brave, successful life."--Goodreads.com.

The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the nation?s founding.

Looks at the life of George Washington, a man whose leadership helped transform the thirteen colonies into a new nation.

Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians examine significant events during the Age of Expanision including the Westward movement, Industrial Revolution, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, and the War of 1812.

Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the years between 1776 and 1815, discussing the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitutional Convention, the Bill of Rights, and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Thomas Jefferson loved to grow everything - from fruits and vegetables and trees to...even his brand-new nation! And he loved to bast that this new nation was big and beautiful and bountiful. As president, Jefferson doubled the size of the country in just one day. Back at home, he lovingly tended his gardens and fields and prepared America's soil for the future.

Brief portraits of women from the period of the Revolution and early United States.

A young African-American girl living in New York City in the late eighteenth century observes the historic events taking place around her, and at the same time solves the mystery of her own identity.

A young African-American girl living in New York City in the late eighteenth century observes the historic events taking place around her, and at the same time solves the mystery of her own identity.