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Because of the lack of sustaining culture within American society, von Frantzius maintains that Americans were led into a state of dependence on the British. Von Frantzius stresses the American dependence on British culture during World War I. One of the most prevailing dependencies discussed is American reliance on English media.
These Truths: A History of the United States is a one-volume book of American history written by historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore.It traces American politics, law, journalism, and technology from the Age of Discovery through the present day, focusing on America's founding truths and their role in uniting, dividing, and transforming the nation.
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Deals with the great push westward by the settlers, including the Latter-day Saints; the crossing of the continent by railroad; the myth of the cowboy; the domestication of the land by settlers local and foreign; and the final conquest of the Native Americans after much warfare.
USAFacts was founded by former Microsoft CEO and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, [4] Steve Ballmer. [5] [6] Ballmer invested his own money in the project. [7]USAFacts was launched on April 18, 2017 Tax Day, with the goal of making government data about tax revenues, expenditures, and outcomes more accessible and understandable.
Zinn told tales well, stories that, while familiar to historians, often remained unknown to wider publics. He challenged national pieties and encouraged critical reflection about received wisdom. He understood that America's various radicalisms, far from being "un-American," have propelled the nation toward more humane and democratic arrangements.
The American space program in the 1960s never had a wide base of public support and did not unify America. Belief that the Apollo program was worth the time and money invested peaked at 51% for a few months after the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing , and otherwise had fluctuated between 35–45% support.
Plain Truth; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing Remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common Sense is a pamphlet authored by the loyalist James Chalmers in 1776, as a rebuke of Thomas Paine's Common Sense.