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the British Crown over taxation and political representation sparked the American Revolution, with the Second Continental Congress formally declaring independence...

Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before...

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president...

over time, the presidency has played an increasingly significant role in American political life since the beginning of the 20th century, carrying over into...

Democratic Party in the mid-1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics ever since. The party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists...

Sanders. Biden's running mate, Harris, became the first African-American, first Asian-American, and third female vice presidential nominee on a major party...

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

Tim Kaine, in what was considered one of the biggest political upsets in American history. It was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which...

and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting...

born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded...

Johnson ordered deployment of combat units and dramatically increased American troops to 184,000. US and South Vietnamese forces relied on air supremacy...

 Wyoming The 13 original states came into existence in July 1776 during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), as the successors of the Thirteen Colonies...

Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊni/; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as the "Queen of Pop", she has been...

States Senate: Conformity to Group Norms and Legislative Effectiveness". American Political Science Review. 53 (4): 1064–1089. doi:10.2307/1952075. ISSN 1537-5943...

world's population. In human geography, the terms "North America" and "North American" sometimes refer to just Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Greenland...

The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin...

ancestry, with varying amounts of Western European and Native American ancestry. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans from West...

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor. The recipient...

joining Grover Cleveland who did so in 1892. Trump is the first president in American history to be impeached twice, and the first to run again after impeachment...