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The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26, 1776 by John Trumbull.

Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons

"The Boating Party," Mary Cassatt, 1893/1894.

Picturing America: Cassatt and Sargent

Image of the U.S. flag and the U.S. Constitution with the words "We the People" in the forefront.

A Day for the Constitution

A Poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the Plott

Twenty-One Poems for AP Literature and Composition

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was instrumental in shifting the argument from accommodation with Britain to outright independence for the American colonies.

"Common Sense": The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy

Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution.

Commemorating Constitution Day

Built in 1935, the Supreme Court building sits across the street from the Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!: Simulating the Supreme Court

The Monroe Doctrine, 1823.

The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy

"The Sources of Country Music," Thomas Hart Benton, 1975.

Picturing America: "The Sources of Country Music" and "The County Election"

"We the People" inscription located on the facade of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA.

The Preamble to the Constitution: How Do You Make a More Perfect Union?

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Exploring Local History with Clio