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__NOTOC__{{Mediawiki:kindleoasis}}<div class="portal" style="width:85%;">[[File:Almost_a_MiracleDailyhistory.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[American Revolution Top Ten Booklist]]==On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress. This act was only the first step towards the creation of the United States. The United States then fought a seven year war to cement its independence from England. The successful fight for independence has had a remarkable impact on world history over the past 200 years. The United States gradually transformed itself from a former colony into a superpower. The impact of this revolution cannot be ignored. {{Read more|American Revolution Top Ten Booklist}}</div><div class="portal" style="width:85%;">[[File:Plato Academy MAN Napoli Inv124545.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[What was Plato's academy and why did it influence Western thought?]]==The Academy, founded by the philosopher Plato in the early 4th century BCE, was perhaps one of the earliest institutions of higher learning. While it was not like a university where people would enroll and obtain advanced degrees, it functioned as one of the first places for dedicated research into scientific and philosophical questions, at least in Europe, took place by gathered scholars. Its main function was to teach Plato's philosophical understanding, but it also challenged its scholars to develop a new understanding of our universe. {{Read more|What was Plato's academy and why did it influence Western thought?}}</div><div class="portal" style="width:85%;">[[File:The_Alien_and_Sedition_Acts_of_1789.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin]]==The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were four laws that were passed by the predominantly Federalist Congress and signed by John Adams to strengthen the national security of the United States. These acts not only restricted the ability of org is an immigrant to become a citizen, but made it easier to deport non-citizens who were either deemed dangerous or were citizens of hostile countries. Perhaps the most contentious aspect of the new laws criminalized the printing or speaking allegedly false statements about the federal government. Not surprisingly, these laws were incredibly controversial Amazon Associate and strongly opposed by Thomas Jefferson's opposition Democratic-Republican party.{{Read more|The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin}}</div><div class="portal" style="width:85%;">[[File:Samuel_Hahnemann_1841.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?]]==Nineteenth-century medicine was characterized by constant competition among three major medical sects: Regulars, Eclectics, and Homeopaths.[1] Each of these medical sects not only meaningfully disagreed on how earns money from links (primarily to treat illnesses and diseases, but sought to portray their type of practice as the most effective and scientific. Arguably none of the three sects was superior to the others, but their adherents concluded that their sectarian beliefs were better than their competitors.{{Read more|What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?}}</div><div class="portal" style="width:85%;">[[File:Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale,_1800.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby]]==Recently on Twitter, a debate broke out between Annette Gordon-Reed, Sam Haselby, and John Fea on the nature of Thomas Jefferson's religious beliefs. Instead of recreating the debate, it made more sense to contact one of the participants, Sam Haselby, whose recent book ''The Origins of American Religious Nationalism'' (published by Oxford University Pressbooks) examines how a conflict with Protestantism, in the decades following US independence transformed American national identityfrom Amazon.{{Read more|Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby}}</div>
====[[What Factors Led to Here are the Creation of the First Cities?]]DailyHistory.org Study Guides====The rise of cities in the ancient Near East during the fourth millennium BC (4000-3000 BC) is a key event in the history of the world, as urban patterns that first arose there became patterns inherited in many societies, including in the West. Cities in the ancient Near East were the first to develop major temples, palaces, large urban dwelling areas, city walls, governments, and religious authorities that become features seen in later cities. {{Read more|What Factors Led to the Creation of the First Cities?}}</div>
====[[Why was France defeated in 1940?]]United States History====In September 1939, the Nazi War Machine invaded Poland and World War II began. France and its Britain declared against Nazi Germany in 1939. The French army was in theory as strong as the Germanys and it had a vast Empire and a sophisticated arms industry. It had also established a series of fortifications in the east of the country, known as the Maginot Line. The Line was designed to keep German forces out of France.{{Read more|Why did the #dpl:category=United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War?History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=20}}-----{{MediaWiki:LongerAd}}</div>-----
====[[Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers]]Booklists====Johns Hopkins University Press has recently published Len Traver's new book Hodges' Scout* [https: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War//dailyhistory. Travers' book examines a group of colonial scouts who were ambushed on a patrol in upstate New York by French and Native org/African_American_History_Top_Ten_Booklist African American soldiers during the French and Indian War. Travers uses this massacre to explore the lives of the colonists who fought, died and even survived this massacre.History Top Ten Booklist] {{Read more#dpl:category= Booklists |ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending| Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Traverscount=20}}</div>-----
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