History Lessons

The American Civil War was also known as the War Between the States. During this brutal war eleven Southern slave stated had declared their secession from the United States to form what they called the Confederate States of America. This Confederacy was headed by Jefferson Davis who fought against the Union (the U.S. federal government). [...]

John Adams was born in 1735 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He went to school at Harvard where he learned how to be a lawyer. Yet, he was not known more for his patriotism and a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. He was one of the leaders for the movement for independence [...]

Andrew Jackson was born in the Carolinas in the year 1767 where he grew up in a backwoods settlement and received a sporadic education. It was not until he was in his late teenage years that he dedicated himself to studying the law. For two years he dedicated his free time to reading everything he [...]