The American Civil War Begins and Lasts Over 4 Years. Why Did the South Really go to War?
On April 12, 1861, the war began when Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor forcing its surrender. In response …
John Quincy Adams
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Senate Voted to Pass this 13th Amendment by a Vote of 26 to 1
This is Part 2. For the full story visit The Millenial Report: The True Backstory of the Missing 13th Amendment In 1789, the House of …
President Washington Laid the Cornerstone for the U.S. Capitol Building which was First Used as a Church
Capitol Building Houses a Church Before Congress Before the United States Capitol was used by the Senate or House of Representatives, it was used as …
Jefferson Passed the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom ending the State-Established Church in Virginia and Placing All Religions on Equal Footing
Religious Freedom Day is celebrated in America each year on January 16 — the date of the 1786 passage of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute of …