You find yourself in Boston in the summer, but you’ve only got one day to soak up as much as you can. How do you get a feel for this historic city in just a day? It won’t be easy. There’s a reason Boston has been called “the hub of the universe.” But here are ...
The Second Bank of the United States and the two term presidency of Andrew Jackson present one of the first major battles between populist interests and the elites within American society. The Second Bank was chartered by the federal government in 1816 to act as the only financial institution to function in all of the ...
If you haven’t heard of William Henry Harrison don’t worry, his only achievement as president of the United States, stunning as it was, involved dying of pneumonia only one month into his term. Not only was Harrison the first president ever to die in office (FDR thanks him for starting that trend) but he also ...
One fact usually missing from school texts about New Hampshire is the winding path to the state’s present name. The current moniker was selected by Captain John Smith — of Virginia fame — to commemorate his own English county of Hampshire. However, according to the official New Hampshire web site, the area was initially named ...
Candidates: Democratic Party: Martin Van Buren (New York) and Richard Johnson (Kentucky) Whig Party: (regional Whig candidates only) William Henry Harrison (Ohio) and Frances Granger (New York) (Western region) Hugh White (Tennessee) and John Tyler (Virginia) (Southern region) Daniel Webster (Massachusetts) and Frances Granger (New York) (Northern region) Election Results: Van Buren/Johnson: 170 electoral votes, ...
