Doug West
Religion in Colonial America: A Short History
By: Doug West
The thousands of settlers that came to America before the formation of the United States brought with them their own religious beliefs. Some came for religious freedom, like the Puritans
History of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Founding of New England
By: Doug West
To escape religious persecution in England a small group of Pilgrims journeyed across a dangerous sea to start the Plymouth Colony in the early seventeenth century. A decade later hundreds
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler and the 1936 Summer Olympics
By: Doug West
One of the evilest men in history, Adolf Hitler, would cross paths with the fastest man on the planet, Jesse Owens, at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin, Germany during
Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth
By: Doug West
Nicolaus Copernicus was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer who lived during the Renaissance and Reformation eras and contributed to science with a new model of the universe that placed the
Vice President Mike Pence – A Short Biography
By: Doug West
Mike Pence has been a politician much of his adult life. He has served in the House of Representatives, been governor of Indiana, and final a vice president of the
The Mexican-American War: A Short History: America’s Fulfillment of Manifest Destiny
By: Doug West
The war between the United States and Mexico is seldom mentioned today, though the outcome of the war had a lasting impact on both nations. The treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States: A Short Biography
By: Doug West
Martha Washington, the wife of President George Washington, served as the first First Lady of the United States of America with grace and distinction. During the Revolutionary War and as
John Quincy Adams: A Short Biography: Sixth President of the United States
By: Doug West
John Quincy Adams, son of the second president of the United States, would himself attain the office of the president. His long career serving America would include roles as a