U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
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From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
In the colonial era, people used hard apple cider as payment.
English settlers arrived at Jamestown expecting riches to fall into their hands, but were soon faced with a much harsher reality.
Before Jamestown and Plymouth, the English attempted to forge a colony at Roanoke. Within three years, it had disappeared, leaving a mysterious clue behind. What really happened to the Roanoke settlers?
Find out what it took to be a settler in the early-American colony of Jamestown.
The U.S. is 50 states strong today, but it began as 13 small colonies.
