Take a peek inside the Republic of Texas' relations with the Native Americans in the early nineteenth century.

Read some first-person excerpts taken from Texas letters accounting events from the Mexican War for Independence from Spain.

A brief look at the declaration of independence from Mexico by Texas in 1836, the removal of restrictions on slavery, and how this dramatically increased the population and led to a much greater reliance on the cotton industry in the...

This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....

This extensive learning module examines how the United States became more connected with the world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy, became the destination for many new immigrants, and encouraged migration to the Pacific...

President James Polk's desire was for the United States to stretch from sea to shining sea. See what happened when his overatures to Mexico to buy the land north of the Rio Grande River were spurned. Take a brief vote to see if Polk was...

Get the facts about the life and administraton of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), the 8th President of the United States (1837-1841).