This is an article from Voice of America (VOA) Learning English. You can read and listen to the story. There is a list of words with definitions from the article at the end of the page. Are US Federal Courts Harder on Native American Offenders? Complex jurisdictional rules governing crimes on reservations mean that Native […]
The Declaration of Independence was the first official step for the colonies to become a nation. Colonies belong to a country. Things the colonies produced belonged to a country, not to the colonistsColonies are ruled by a country and they must follow the laws. But colonies do not participate in national government. They do not […]
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] –December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and […]