Americans fought very had to receive their independence from England. Their determination of self-rule was evident from the very beginning. From early settlement, the colonists gave evidence to this determination. The increase in control of England increased their desire to be treated fairly as Engl...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (The Declaration of Independence). The evident immorality within the ins...

It was a war to surpass all wars. It began as a disagreement; who had the right to succeed, and whose power was more effective. The Civil War began as a test of states' rights versus federal rights, and augmented into the bloodiest battle to ever be fought on American soil. When it began,...

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), known as "Honest Abe" and "The Rail Splitter of the Great Emancipator" was born in Hodgenville, KY to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one-room log cabin built by his father. Growing up on the frontier gave Lincoln certa...