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Pinson Mounds
The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although...
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North Carolina Settlers
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014) as North Carolina settlers. Image by Starz.
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Gods of Thunder in Precolonial America - Interview with Tim Pauketat
Timothy R. Pauketat is an American archaeologist, director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeologist, and professor of anthropology and medieval studies...
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North American Raven
Common raven of North America (corvus corax principalis) in flight. Photograph taken at Muir Beach in Northern California by Christian O. Petersen, 2008.
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The True Story Of America's First Documented Serial Killers
While the 18th century beginnings of the United States of America as we know it may seem like a hopeful but challenging time in American history, it's hard to imagine that a pair of violent serial...
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Decolonization in America - Summary on a Map
Let's retrace on maps the various wars that conducted to the independences of all actual countries in America. ——– Part 1, the Pre-Columbian America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yipm-... Part 2, the...
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Queen Anne's War - When Europe's Succession Dispute Ignited American Frontiers
Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) was the second major colonial conflict in North America, fought between the colonies of England – Great Britain after 1707 – and those of France and...
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Georgia's Declaration of Secession - Why Georgia Left the Union
On 19 January 1861, at a state convention held in Milledgeville, Georgia voted to secede from the United States of America, becoming the fifth state to do so. Ten days later - 29 January -...
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North American Indian Warrior by John White
An illustration by John White (d. 1593 CE) of a North American Indian warrior seen by the first English colonists who attempted to establish a settlement, Roanoke Colony, in 1585 CE (and again in 1587 CE...
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North Star Locomotive
A replica of the North Star locomotive, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) for the Great Western Railway, England. The North Star class ran from 1838. (Swindon Steam Museum)