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Sam, his father, and many others in Lexington are reluctant to take on the British soldiers, but when some of the Minutemen are killed and wounded, the rest unite in opposition.

General Washington ends a three-year stalemate and embarks on a secret three-hundred-mile forced march of his entire army to meet the French navy's Chesapeake Bay blockade and capture Cornwallis's entire force.

Presents a timeline of events that occured in America during the 1800s, divided into four categories: politics; life; arts and entertainment; and science and technology.

"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...

In 1917, the growing of wheat on Washington State's rich farmlands will be a vital ingredient to winning the war in Europe and feeding the world. Kurt Dorn, son of a German father and American mother, has a successful wheat farm. Yet there are those who would like to prevent the harvest, including a group of Bolsheviks, the Industrial Workers of the World, which is financed not only by Germany but also secretly by a German wheat magnate. Highly edited...

Briefly introduces the origins, history, actions, and impact of the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that targets a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural groups in the United States.