History of the United States
Introduction
History does not exist for us until and unless we dig it up, interpret it, and put it together. Then the past comes alive, or, more accurately, it is revealed for what it has always been - a part of the present.
Frederick W. Turner III, 1971
History is the study of the human past. Historians study records of conditions or events of a particular time and place. The United States of America is at once a very new nation and a very old nation. The first settlers - Asian hunters and nomads - reached North America about 30,000 years ago. However, the United States of America did not come into being until 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. The history of the United States is the story of many different peoples who together compose the United States of America. Since the first Europeans arrived in 1492, millions of people from many different countries have entered the United States and made the country their new home. See what happened in U.S. history TODAY
Abridged from U.S. State Department IIP publications and other U.S. government materials
Background
. A Biography of America (Annenberg/CPS)
. American Memory (Library of Congress)
. History Net (About.com)
. History Place.com
. Presidents Resource (The Public's Library and Digital Archive)
Original Documents
. Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma)
. Documents for the Study of American History (University of Kansas)
. Historical Maps of the United States (University of Texas at Austin)
. Historical Voices (U. of Michigan)
. Library of Congress: Access to Archival Databases
. Making of America (MOA)
. Map Library (Department of History at the United States Military Academy)
. Presidential Speech Archive (Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia)
Exhibits - Digital Images
. A Few of Our Favorite Things: Virtual Tour of Selected Objects from the Collections of the National Museum of American History
. American Centuries - Views from New England (Memorial Hall Museum - Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association)
. American History Online Exhibits
. National Archives Online Exhibit Hall
. National Museum of American History
. National Park Service's Links to the Past
. Picturing the Century: One Hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives
. Within These Walls: 1 House, 5 Families, 200 Years of History (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
Statistics
. Historical U.S. Census Data Browser (University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center)
For Primary and Secondary School Students
. American Presidency (Grolier Online)
. Educate Smithsonian (Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies)
. Jump Back in Time (Library of Congress)
. Kid Info.com: American History
. 20th Century Year by Year (Learning Network - Information Please)
Teacher Resources
. Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources
. Discoveryschool.com: Lesson Plans Library: U.S. History
. Education Index.com: Guide to education-related sites on the Web: History
. Freedom: A History of US (PBS)
. Gateway to Educational Material (The Gateway.org)
. History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web (City University of New York)
. History Online (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
. National Archives Digital Classroom
. National Archives Presidential Libraries
Link Lists
. American Women's History: Research Guide (University of Middle Tennessee)
. Best of History Websites: U.S. History
. Edsitement: Top Humanities Websites
. Gateway to African-American History (IIP)
. Rutgers University Library: Subject Research Guides: American and British History
. Virtual Library History: United States
. Women in American History (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
. Yahoo Directory of U.S. History Sites
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