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Woodblock handwritten comic of a whiskey barrel reacting to an excise-tax tag beside a federal lawbook, illustrating the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.

Whiskey Rebellion (1794): Causes and Federal Response

In 1794 western Pennsylvania farmers resisted a federal whiskey tax. Washington's militia response showed the new government could enforce its laws.

Colored-pencil handwritten comic of a history student assembling a public-credit bridge from funded debt, federal revenue and a national bank.

Hamilton’s Financial Program: Debt, Bank and Constitutional Debate

Study Hamilton’s financial program through funding, assumption, federal revenue and the national bank debate, with primary sources and CLEP practice.

Paper-collage handwritten comic of a blueprint building federal institutions beside department, federal court and cabinet-practice cards and the 1791 Bill of Rights.

Launching the Federal Government: Washington and the Bill of Rights

Reed-pen handwritten comic of a student comparing Federalist ratification with Anti-Federalist pressure for the Bill of Rights ratified in 1791.

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists: Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Pastel handwritten comic of an atlas comparing national and state levels of federalism with Congress, president and courts under separation of powers.

Federalism, Separation of Powers and Republican Government Explained

Hand-drawn historian examining apportionment and denied voting rights to explain the unjust political effects of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Constitutional Bargains and Slavery: Representation, Trade and Power

Handwritten gouache comic of a student viewing Shays’ Rebellion through debtor and creditor lenses, comparing taxes and foreclosure with contracts.

Shays’ Rebellion: Economic Crisis, Court Closures and Reform

Watercolor handwritten comic of a survey compass holding an empty tax purse beside the Northwest Ordinance path to statehood and a reminder of absent Native consent.

Articles of Confederation and Western Lands: Powers and Ordinances

Handwritten pottery-studio comic comparing Pennsylvania’s 1776 one-house legislature with Massachusetts’s 1780 two-house design and asking who could vote.

State Constitutions and Republican Experiments: Power and Participation

Hand-drawn Yorktown comic contrasts allied land forces and the French fleet in 1781 with independence recognized at Paris in 1783.

Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris: Victory, Peace and Consequences

Handwritten dressmaker comic depicts a republic jacket with old seams labeled slavery, gender hierarchy, and Native land loss beside public good and civic virtue.

Republicanism and the Revolution’s Social Limits: Rights and Change

Hand-drawn accordion-book comic presents Loyalists, Native nations, enslaved people, and women, emphasizing varied wartime choices and uncertain outcomes.

Loyalists, Native Nations, Enslaved People and Women in the Revolution

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