American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

The inventor of the cotton gin, Whitney pioneered a system of mass production of interchangeable parts. Whitney's cotton gin, which separated cotton from its seeds, met the growing demand for cotton ...

Impressment

History; American history

The British practise of seizing seamen from American merchant ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy. Impressment was one of the causes of the War of 1812.

Implied Powers

History; American history

The view that the national govemment's powers are not limited to those stated explicitly in the U. S. Constitution.

Hydraulic Society

History; American history

Defined by historian Donald Worster as "a social order based on the intensive manipulation of water and its products in an arid setting," it characterised the irrigated societies of the modern West, ...

Hudson Highlands Strategy

History; American history

The British tried to execute this strategy early in the War for American Independence but never successfully implemented it. The idea was to gain control of the Hudson River-Lake Champlain corridor ...