Santiago Mataindios (St James the Indian Slayer) gave the Spanish a divine justification to the subjugate the indigenous population of the Americas.
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From the factory to the home — examining where American's spend their time.
Labor and leisure
Teaching guides: Social structures
Teaching guides: geography and the environment
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A figure who has polarized political opinion from the Civil War to today
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One artist's account of a daring act.
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How maps can change our minds.
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Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, State Names
The painting that inspired a National Park
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"We have met the enemy and they are ours."
Teaching guide: Thomas Birch, Perry’s Victory on ...
Elite identities in the early days of New York City
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Works that point to the complexities of racism in the colonial Americas
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A history that's part fact and part myth.
Teaching guide: Benjamin West, Penn’s Treaty with ...
Global trade in a cup of tea: Colonial America, sugar and slavery.
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Found marking the grave of an important individual, this gorget was worn as a neck ornament during life.
Teaching guide: Mississippian shell gorget
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Social categories and roles are always changing. How do these shape government policy, culture and people’s lives?
Social structures
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This book contains all of Smarthistory's content for the Ancient Roman art.
Guide to ancient Roman art
This book contains all of Smarthistory's content for Ancient Etruscan art.