Reasons for the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act are briefly described. The article also describes the colonial assemblies' reasons for fearing and speaking out against these taxes. The biggest question, Parliament's right to tax the colonies, is also discussed.

This resource presents the full text of the Virginia Resolution of 1798, in which the General Assembly of the State of Virginia protests the enactment of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

Included here are Thomas Jefferson's two inaugural addresses and his State of the Nation speeches. You can follow Jefferson's increased distress concerning the young nation's treatment by European nations. Fascinating reading.

This resource provides an essay discussing the migration of American colonists into the Ohio River Valley and the impact on the Native Americans living in the area.

This article offers a detailed history of early 19th century westward migration and the social diversity of the pioneers moving west.

Open this page for links to the full text of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", which became popular during the American Progressive Era.

This Bibliomania website contains the full text to Anthony Trollope's classic first novel, Barchester Towers. A link is provided to Bibliomania's Anthony Trollope main page, which has links to other Trollope works.

This site from Bibliomania contains the full text to Herman Melville's Billy Budd written in 1891. A brief but factual introduction is given along with a table of contents that has each chapter of the book accessible by link.

This Bibliomania website provides access to the full text of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Kidnapped." A summary note is included.

This Bibliomania website accesses the full text of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Prince Otto." It includes a note on the text and its place in Stevenson's ouevre.

This Bibliomania website features the full text to Robert Louis Stevenson's crime novel "The Dynamiter."

This Bibliomania site contains the full text of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island." A brief but factual summary for this archetypal nineteenth century "ripping yarn" is provided.

Contains a brief historical description of how the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra evolved.

Contestants are challenged to use materials from a garbage dump to build a boat that floats, can be steered, and is propelled by something other than oars.

Informational site provides illustrated tutorial of light reflection. Also discusses the law of reflection.

Information about the life of Gabriel Cramer (1704-1752 CE), 18th century mathematician credited with "Cramer's Rule," though "Cramer was certainly not the first to give this rule."

This page on French mathematician Emilie de Chatelet offers details of her life and work. Quotes from Voltaire, du Chatelet herself, and others mark how extraordinary it was for a woman of her day to study and write of mathematics and philosophy.

This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo, using his newly developed refracting telescope, observed four of Jupiter's moons, the first astronomical bodies to be discovered since ancient times.

In the early 1600s, most people believed that the Sun revolved around a stationary Earth. This video segment adapted from NOVA tells how Galileo proved that the Sun, not Earth, is at the center of our universe.