Despite achieving national sovereignty through the Revolutionary War, the United States experienced limited economic independence during...

On December 5, 1695, Reverend Joseph Lord—a Puritan minister from Massachusetts—and several dozen members of his congregation boarded the...

Established in 1757, Halifax, North Carolina, was originally an inland port that connected backcountry communities to bustling trade...

Paterson, New Jersey, was America’s first planned city of industry and innovation. The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, Paterson offered...