Portal:American History

Pre-Columbian America

 * The Iroquois Constitution aka The Great Law of Peace

Discovery of America and early explorations

 * Pre-Columbian Discovery of America in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
 * Amerigo Vespucci in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)

British America

 * An address to the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, on the present important crisis of affairs (1775) by Catharine Macaulay

Canada
See also: Portal: Canada
 * Portal:Hudson's Bay Company
 * Portal:Fenian Raids

Thirteen Colonies of North America

 * Nanfan Treaty (1726)
 * Glorious News, Boston, Friday 11 o'Clock, 16th May 1766, on the Repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765
 * Samuel W. Pennypacker, Historical and biographical sketches (1883)
 * The Birthplace of American Independence, 1687 (1915)

Dutch America

 * Portal:Dutch America

Latin America

 * Portal:Mexican-American War
 * Portal:Spanish-American War
 * Portal:Chilean Coup
 * Portal:United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala
 * Inter Caetera, 1493 by Alexander VI, translated by Frances Gardiner Davenport
 * Brazilian and United States Slavery Compared, 1922 by Herbert B. Alexander

United States of America
See also: Portal: United States and Portal:States of the United States

Early United States of America

 * Portal:American Revolution, the war between Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, 1775–1783.
 * Portal:Intolerable Acts, punitive acts that contributed to the escalation of war
 * Portal:Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in favor of states' rights.


 * "A Discourse upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America" (1765) by John Morgan - Discourse that led to the creation of the nation's first medical school, now the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
 * Treaty of Greenville (1795)
 * Announcement of Launch of USS Constitution (1791) by George Claghorn. The Constitution was the third of six original frigates constructed for the United States Navy.

Nineteenth century

 * Portal:Lewis and Clark Expedition, overland expedition to the Pacific coast
 * Portal:War of 1812, the war between the United States of America and the British Empire, 1812 to 1815.
 * Portal:Slavery in the United States, a legal institution prior to the country's foundation until the passage of the 13th amendment to the Constitution.
 * Portal:World's Columbian Exposition
 * Constitution of the Lowell Factory Girls Association, 1836
 * Danite Manifesto, 1838
 * "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", 1852
 * Medicine as a Profession for Women, 1860 by Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell
 * Address on the Medical Education of Women, 1864 by Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell
 * A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1869 by Joseph Carson - History of the first medical school and hospitals in the United States
 * Boots and Saddles, 1885 by Elizabeth Bacon Custer
 * Butler Brothers, 1888
 * History of the United States 1801-09, 1890 by Henry Brooks Adams
 * Buffalo Commercial/Buffalo Men at the Execution, October 29, 1901
 * Anti-Chinese Riots At Seattle, 1911 by George Kinnear
 * Historical Catechism of American Unionism, c. 1923 by the Educational Bureau of the Industrial Workers of the World
 * Historical Catechism of American Unionism, c. 1923 by the Educational Bureau of the Industrial Workers of the World

American Civil War

 * Portal:American Civil War, the war between the secessionist Confederate States of America and the Union, 1861–1865.
 * Portal:Confederate States of America, the secessionist nation formed out of the southern United States of America.
 * Portal:Quantrill's Raid into Kansas, reports concerning incidents perpetrated by William Quantrill and his forces during the American Civil War.
 * Portal:Samuel Mudd Documents, documents relating to Dr Samuel Mudd who was convicted for involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
 * Portal:Southern Historical Society, a society and publisher devoted to the history of the South in the civil war.

Native Americans

 * Portal:Aboriginals
 * Author:Tecumseh
 * A Treaty Between the Government of New Jersey and the Indians (1756)
 * Appeal of the Cherokee Nation
 * Treaty with the Ottawa, etc., 1816
 * Treaty of the Foot of the Rapids, 1817
 * Treaty of Neah Bay, 1825
 * Treaty of Fond du Lac, 1826
 * Treaty of Mississinwas, 1826
 * Memorial of the Cherokees, 1829
 * Indian Removal Act, 1830
 * Memorial from the ladies of Steubenville, Ohio, protesting Indian removal, 1830
 * Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, 1839
 * Quinault Treaty, 1855
 * Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855
 * Bear River conflicts:
 * Bear River Expedition - Letter August 27, 1859
 * Bear River Expedition - Letter and accompanying papers September 3, 1859
 * Bear River Expedition - Letter September 10, 1859
 * The Late Massacre near Fort Hall, September 12, 1859
 * Bear River Expedition - Letter September 22, 1859
 * Affidavits September 23, and October 25, 1859
 * Bear River Expedition - Letter October 24, 1859
 * Letter of Introduction of Zacheus Van Ornum, August 11th, 1862
 * Official Report - Battle of Bear River, February 6, 1863
 * Alta California Report of the Bear River Massacre, February 7, 1863
 * Diary of Hiram Tuttle - January-Febuary 1867
 * Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1868
 * Interview between E. W. Wynkoop and Little Rock, 1868
 * A Plea for the Indians, 1881 by Carl Schurz, Nelson Appleton Miles, Richard Henry Pratt, and others
 * Aspects of the Indian Problem, 1883 by Carl Schurz
 * Boots and Saddles, 1885 by Elizabeth Bacon Custer
 * Dawes Act, 1887
 * Some Experiences with Indians, 1897 by Carl Schurz
 * The Indian Dispossessed, 1906 by Seth K. Humphrey
 * The Indian Dispossessed, 1906 by Seth K. Humphrey

Twentieth century

 * Portal:American Youth Congress
 * Portal:Panama Canal
 * Portal:Philippine-American War
 * Ballad of the Gruesome Twosome
 * The Education of Henry Adams (1918) by Henry Brooks Adams
 * Walter R. Taliaferro, WWI aviator

The Great Depression

 * Where Is Our Money? by Edwin Percy Chase (1934)

America in World War II

 * US Army Campaigns of World War II Series by Charles R. Anderson
 * World War II―Global Conflict in A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force (1997) by Stephen L. McFarland
 * Welles declaration (1940) by Sumner Welles
 * Pearl Harbor speech (1941) by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 * Declaration of the Four Nations on General Security (1943)

America in the 1960s

 * An Appeal for Human Rights

Twenty-first century

 * Portal:Guantanamo, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay established in 2002.