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The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were five laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1774 to punish the Thirteen Colonies of British North America for the Boston Tea Party. Though the acts primarily targeted...

Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares, a bronze sculpture by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959. Garden of the United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Lakota Sioux holy man and leader, Sitting Bull, in 1885. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

General William T. Sherman and Commissioners in Council with Sioux Chiefs at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, signing the Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868, ending Red Cloud's War. Native Americans are seated on the ground, commissioners on chairs. Seated...

Lakota Sioux War Chief Gall, photographed by David Francis Barry at Fort Buford, North Dakota, 1881. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (l. c.1715-1774) was a British military officer, diplomat, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was instrumental in aligning the Native Americans of New York with the British during the French and Indian...

Since the return to democracy in Chile in 1990 CE, the new governments have dealt with one of the great historical debts of the Chilean state, its relationship with the indigenous peoples. These peoples have been historically marginalized...

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and leading Enlightenment figure. In The Wealth of Nations, he advocates free trade and limited interference in markets by governments, for which he is seen as the founder of liberal...

A map illustrating the geopolitical situation in Africa after World War I - the continent still under European colonial domination, with only a few areas having gained independence or achieved limited autonomy. Although many African soldiers...

Native American lore features many legendary creatures and supernatural entities that were understood as beneficial to humanity but just as many that posed serious threats to be avoided. These beings, although frightening, often served an...