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The shortest Inaugural Address by a President was just 135 words and delivered by George Washington during his second inauguration, while the longest one was given by William Henry Harrison. It was 8,445 words and lasted about three hours.

Dartmoor Prison Massacre In 1712, the New York Slave Revolt of 1712 began near Broadway. The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City of 23 enslaved Africans who killed nine whites and injured another six. More than three times that number of blacks, 70, were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 were convicted and executed. After the revolt, laws governing the lives of blacks in New York were made more restrictive. In 1776, in th

"The mere necessity of uniformity in the interpretation of the national laws, decides the question. Thirteen independent courts of final jurisdiction over the same causes, arising upon the same laws, is a hydra in government, from which nothing but contradiction and confusion can proceed.' Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 80

"In the general course of human nature, A POWER OVER A MAN's SUBSISTENCE AMOUNTS TO A POWER OVER HIS WILL." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 79

Easter in early Colonial America was banned because the Puritans believed it was a pagan celebration. Puritans believed that all days were holy, and since holidays like Easter and Christmas were not mentioned in the Bible, they were not to be celebrated. [1] The Puritans were extremely strict about this because they believed that most people were going to be damned to hell and only a few would enter heaven as the elect. In 1659, both holidays were officially banned, and anyo

Daniel Bakeman: Last Revolutionary War soldier to die In 1614, Pocahontas , a Powhatan, married Virginia planter and colonial official John Rolfe . In 1621, the Mayflower departed for England after having deposited 102 Pilgrims at what became the American colony of Plymouth (Massachusetts). In 1764, George Grenville, Prime Minister of Britain and First Lord of the Treasury, proposed the Sugar Act (also called the American Act of 1764, the American Revenue Act, and the Plan