In 1776 ten states adopted constitutions: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut...

The existence of the states pre-dated the Constitution, having formed (as thirteen colonies) an embryonic union upon the adoption of the D...

Fifty years before the Constitution was adopted, in November 1737, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a ...

Benjamin Franklin said, “virtue and happiness are mother and daughter” (Poor Richard's Almanac). He believed that real happiness was not...

By: David McCullough (1933-2022) Two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of  “ 1776 ”  and  “ John Adams, ”  gave this address at Brigham ...

The presidential election of 1800 was an intense political contest. Pitting two clearly opposing parties against each other for the first ti...

By: Tony Williams In his First Inaugural Address as the first President of the new United States, George Washington echoed the Puritan idea ...