The Indian Removal Act of 1830
“Removal” of the Native people east of the Mississippi to lands in the west as a policy of the United States originated with Thomas Jefferson, …
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Royal Assent to the Metropolitan Police Act was Given and the Metropolitan Police Service was Established in London as the First Modern and Professional Police Force in the World
At the same time that the lieutenant general of police was trying to maintain public order in Paris, the reactive and inefficient urban policing system of …
The 1828 US Presidential Election
The United States in the 19th century saw major changes take hold on the political, social, industrial, and electoral level. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment …
According to Joseph Smith, the Angel Moroni Appears to Him and Gives him a Record of Gold Plates
According to the testimony of Joseph Smith, on the night of September 21, 1823, Joseph Smith prayed to know God’s further will toward him. Steadily …
Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, “The Duty of Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers,”
Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely gave a sermon entitled, “The Duty of Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers,” on July 4, 1827. Rev. Ely called for …
John Quincy Adams Became President in a Bitterly Contested U.S. Election and Must be Resolved by the House of Representatives
This was the first election decided by the House of Representatives after the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, which had been ratified in the wake …
The Monroe Doctrine was Expressed during President Monroe’s 7th Annual Message to Congress
The Monroe Doctrine was a declaration made by President James Monroe to Congress on December 2, 1823, claiming that the Western Hemisphere was now “off limits” to European powers …
Emma Willard Officially Opens The Troy Female Seminary, the First School that Offers Higher Education for Women
The school was located in Troy, New York and acheived tremedous success. The school taught math, philosophy, geography, history, and science. Emma Hart Willard was born …
John Quincy Adams Address on U.S. Foreign Policy
AND NOW, FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN, if the wise and learned philosophers of the elder world, the first observers of nutation and aberration, the discoverers of …
Thomas Jefferson’s Canons of Conduct
Thomas Jefferson often took the opportunity to advise his children, grandchildren, and others on matters of personal conduct. Over the years he developed a list …