Revolution & Early Republic

From independence through the Early Republic. These SeeStew stories stick to named sources.

5 documented stories. All stories · Topics

• Weird America

  Lewis and Clark: The Expedition That Mapped the Louisiana Territory

  From 1804 to 1806, the Corps of Discovery crossed the continent and sent back maps, specimens, and a record of nations the United States barely knew.

• Politics

  The Louisiana Purchase of 1803: How the United States Doubled Its Land

  Jefferson’s envoys went to Paris to buy New Orleans and came home with a land deal that redrew the map of North America. (Louisiana Purchase 1803)

• Military

  The Burning of the White House in 1814: Why the British Torched Washington

  British troops occupied Washington in August 1814 and set fire to the White House and the Capitol — then a storm helped stop the blaze.

• Weird America

  Philadelphia’s 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic: When the Capital City Emptied

  Thousands died in weeks; Washington’s government fled; and doctors fought over whether bleeding cured or killed. (Philadelphia yellow fever 1793)

• Revolution

  The Whiskey Rebellion: When George Washington Led an Army Against Tax Protesters

  Frontier distillers resisted Hamilton’s tax — and the President marched 13,000 troops into Pennsylvania.