With the war at a stalemate, Britain pursued an alternate strategy: winning the war from the South. Standing in its way were the Patriots of North Carolina.

In ‘This Week in History,’ a petition from Nova Scotia results in the creation of the Marines and a historic attack on an outpost in The Bahamas.

Criticized as outdated and undemocratic, the Electoral College was originally crafted to balance popular will, state equality, and constitutional restraint.

The self-educated Lincoln enjoyed reading and writing poetry.