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April 26 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war. May 14 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war ...
The Battle of Dominguez Rancho, or the Battle of the Old Woman's Gun, [4] was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War that took place on October 8–9, 1846, within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000-acre (30,000 ha) Rancho San Pedro.
Morton Luther Montgomery (1846–1933) was a native of Pennsylvania and a Harvard-trained lawyer who became a military and public historian and author of more than a dozen books, lecture-related content, and other materials documenting the history of Pennsylvania from its earliest days through the early part of the 20th century.
Portrait of Martin Van Buren by Francis Alexander Portrait of Martin Van Buren by Daniel Huntington Martin Van Buren 1903 Postage Stamp Issue-8c. This is a select bibliography of Post World War II books and journal articles about Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), an American statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
Charles Grier Sellers Jr. (September 9, 1923 – September 23, 2021) was an American historian. Sellers was best known for his book The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815–1846, [1] which offered a new interpretation of the economic, social, and political events taking place during the United States' Market Revolution.
A History of Money and Banking in the United States; History of North Dakota (book) A History of the American People; The History of the Dividing Line; A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; A History of US; The History of White People; History's Memory; The Hornbook of Virginia History
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
American History: A Survey is organized in a way that reflects a high school-level U.S. history course. The chapters follow the nation's history chronologically. In the preface to the book, Brinkley states his purpose is "to be a thorough, balanced, and versatile account of America's past that instructors and students will find accessible and appropriate no matter what approach to the past a ...