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The War in the Vendée was a counter-revolutionary uprising that took place in the Vendée department of France from 1793 to 1796, during the French Revolution (1789-99). In response to the French Republic's attempts to impose conscription...

A map illustrating the course and major events during the American War of Independence (also known as the American Revolutionary War or American Revolution) between 1775 and 1783 – an armed rebellion through which thirteen of Great Britain's...

The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was intially a rebellion carried out by the Thirteen Colonies of British America against Great Britain, sparked by the issue of taxation without representation. It soon blossomed into a War of Independence...

This map illustrates the course of the War of 1812 (1812-1815), a conflict between the United States and Great Britain driven by trade restrictions, the impressment of American sailors, and disputes over territorial expansion. Native American...

The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was a long and bitter conflict fought between Great Britain and its rebellious thirteen colonies, which were struggling for independence as a new nation, the United States of America. The Americans...

Racialized chattel slavery developed in the English colonies of North America between 1640-1660 and was fully institutionalized by 1700. Although slavery was practiced in the New England and Middle colonies, and Massachusetts Bay Colony passed...

In the Fall of 2022, Tanka Fund worked with @TheNatureConservancy to release 88 buffalo (aka Tatanka, American Buffalo, and American Bison) back to Native lands and in the care of Native American buffalo caretakers - across 10 different native...

A detail of a 16th century CE painted scroll showing students taking the civil service examinations which were used to select government officials throughout the history of imperial China. (Beijing Palace Museum)

A portrait of Jiang Shunfu (1453-1504 CE), a civil servant of the first rank during the Ming Dynasty of China (1368-1644 CE). His rank is indicated by the two cranes rank badge on the front of his robes. (Nanjing Museum, China)

The Great Plains of North America were once home to over 30 distinct Native American nations now referred to as the Plains Indians, Native Americans of the Plains and Prairie, and Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains. Their descendants...