John Quincy Adams was well known for his diplomatic success and most of all for his role as secretary of state under James Monroe. Adams had previously served as an ambassador to several European countries and as a U.S. senator from Massach
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Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837), was the first to come from poverty. The youngest of three sons of Scotch-Irish immigrants, he grew up in rural South Carolina and attended local schools before leaving
Continue reading >>In April 1939,the General Motors Corporation inaugurated an exhibit named "Futurama". The word intended to signify a panorama of the future.
Continue reading >>In 1890, the United States pioneered competition law and significantly strengthened the future of free markets in the American system by adopting a new federal statute: the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Continue reading >>The concept of a limited presidency Washington is inaugurated president of the United States in New York City, 1789. In 1797, King George III of England, the British king who had been George Washingtons enemy during the U.S. Revolutionary War, appraised h
Continue reading >>On May 15, 1776, the convention in Williamsburg and acting as Virginia's de facto governing body instructed that colony's delegates at the continental congress in Philadelphia to introduce a resolution declaring "the United Colonies free and independent s
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