Questions to be Considered:
- Why should American History
- When should the History of America begin?
- When and where did the first Native Americans come from?
- When did the western hemisphere lands become named America?
- When and where was the first settlement in the Western Hemisphere (The Americas)?
- Who were the first ones to interact with Native Americans?
- What are the founding documents of the United States of America?
- Who are the Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers?
- How genealogy may be used to personalize your connection to American History?
- Article V of the Constitution of the United States
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NCC's Amending the Constitution and the Article V Project (12/3)
The National Constitution Center launches its Article V Project, a new initiative exploring the founders' vision for Article V and an historical look at the use of the Article V process from 1789 to the present. - Jill Lepore on the History of the Constitution (9/5/25)
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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
- Epigraph: "It was intended! to be amended!" --Bugs Bunny to Daffy Duck. "An Ode to the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution," 1986
- PBS: Historian Jill Lepore explores the Constitution and its interpretations in 'We the People' - Video of Pulitzer Prize--winning historian Edward Larson discusses his newest book at the National Constitution Center with Jeffrey Rosen.
- Our Questions?
- Who were the 56 Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration?
- Which colonies were most represented and influential?
- Who were members of The Committee of Five that selected Thomas Jefferson to write the first draft of the Declaration?
- Who were the five most influential signers?
- How significant was John Adams in guiding the process?
- What role did John Adams ascribe to James Otis Jr with respect to Independence?
- Which writings of James Otis Jr. are most significant in his promoting "No Taxation Without Representation"?
- How did James Otis Jr. contribute to the Declaration of Independence?
Introduction (12/7/25)
This Area of Interest will be developed by first repeating content that has originally appeared on ElectoralCollege.Org's home page. The latest content will be posted first.12/6: Amending the Constitution [ah]
11/24: Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Still Matters [ah]
12/8/24: Books to Read (to be updated in 2025)
European Colonization of Native American Lands2018 The Secret Token Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Andrew Lawler
2018 As a City On a Hill The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Serman by Daniel T Rodgers
1963 Puritan Village The Formation of a New England Town by Sumner Chilton Powell
2002 Measuring America How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy by Andro Linklater
The Founding of the United States of America
2010 Revolutionaries A New History of the Invention of America by Jack Rakove
1987 Major Butler's Legacy Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family by Malcolm Bell, Jr
2017 Written Out of History The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government by Senator Mike Lee
2018 John Marshall The Man Who Made The Supreme Court by Richard Brookhiser [jr]