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, …
Henry Clay
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 War of 1812 Begins. Who Started It? Why? And What was the Outcome?
In 1805, Napoleon suffered a set-back when his combined Franco-Spanish fleet was defeated at the Battle of Trafalgar. Conquering across Europe, Napoleon invaded Russia in …