Melinda Lilly

A simple introduction to Independence Day and the writing of the Declaration of Independe...

Introduction to the history of New Amsterdam, which is now New York City.

Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled in Virginia...

Describes Christopher Columbus's 1492 journey from Spain into the unknown.

Pilgrims is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in prese...

Introduction to William Penn, the Quakers, and their life in colonial Pennsylvania.

Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition in t...

The Spanish missions were religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Fran...

The city of St. Augustine, Florida, was founded by Pedro Menendez de Aviles on September ...

Introduces important events of the 1773 event known as the Boston Tea Party.

A simple description of how the riders of the Pony Express delivered the mail from Saint ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The ly...