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Explore Thomas Jefferson's feuds with Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton and John Adams
Washington's Farewell Address Face-off: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Hamilton-Burr duel Hamilton
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Washington Monument. Washington Monument and fireworks, Washington DC. The Monument was built as an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.
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Betsy Ross Flag. United states
The American Revolution
The original copy of the constitution of the United States; housed in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
American History and Politics Quiz
Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, by Percy Moran, circa 1911. Saratoga Campaign, American Revolution, Revolutionary War.
Understanding the American Revolution
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Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, illustration after a painting by J. Mund.
10 Famous Duels
Detail of a concept image of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. We the People
How Many People Signed the U.S. Constitution?
Alexander Hamilton New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), major author of the Federalist papers (The Federalist). Print: mezzotint, color 1930-40. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd
10 Things You Need to Know About the Hamilton-Burr Duel, According to Hamilton’s Burr
Painting titled: "Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention" oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856; in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Note from museum) The painting represents George Washington's role as president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The normally reserved Washington urges passage of a new federal constitution, a draft of which he holds in his hands.
How Many of the Signers of the U.S. Constitution Were Enslavers?
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
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John F. Kennedy as a boy with his family
What Did We Call America’s Elite Before the “1 Percent”?
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
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A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
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Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
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Explore Thomas Jefferson's feuds with Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton and John Adams
Dramatization of the disagreement between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Debunking common myths about Alexander Hamilton
Learn what Lin-Manuel Miranda got wrong about historical facts in the musical Hamilton.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Who were the Founding Fathers of the United States?
An overview of the Founding Fathers.
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Alexander Hamilton, oil on canvas by John Trumbull, c. 1792; in the National Gallery...
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of the Avalon Foundation, 1952.1.1
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, colour mezzotint.
Frost & Reed, Ltd./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-03160)
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton.
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Hamilton on U.S. $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton's image on a U.S. $10 bill.
United States Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, detail of an oil painting by John Trumbull; in the National Gallery...
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew Mellon Collection
Washington's Farewell Address
Alexander Hamilton (right) helping Pres. George Washington write his farewell address....
Allyn Cox, Architect of the Capitol
Face-off: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Artist's depiction of the 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.
Beacon Lights of History, Vol. XI, by John Lord, 1902
Hamilton-Burr duel
Statues of Alexander Hamilton (foreground) and Aaron Burr with dueling pistols, Museum...
Terese Loeb Kreuzer/Alamy
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton, 2015.
Sara Krulwich—The New York Times/Redux
The Federalist
The Federalist, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay,...
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, chromolithograph.
The Knapp Co./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-17523)
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-17799)
Allyn Cox: The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention, oil on canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1973–74;...
Architect of the Capitol
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