This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea . Not long after he helped the British capture Fort Duquesne, George Washington resigned from the colonial militia. The 26-year-old Washington was about to take on new responsibilities: marriage and family. On January 6, 1759, he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow with two children. Martha not only brought happiness to Washington, but, because she was one of the richest women in Virginia, she brought him wealth. Tho

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . After failing to help Napoleon in the invasion of England, Admiral...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . With Liberals challenging the tsar’s autocratic government, with Marxists...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . While Luther was in the Wartburg, the city of Wittenberg was in a religious...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . The pope’s army was very small—no more than four thousand men. It was only...

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . The first presidential election was a mere formality—all knew that George...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . For a month after the last French troops left the Papal States on August...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . By the beginning of the 20th century, the once mighty kingdom of Spain...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . “I always think of Pius IX of holy and glorious memory, and by imitating...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . By 1589, France had undergone over 40 years of religious struggle and war....

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . Perhaps no one man has had such great influence on his age as St. Bernard...

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea . Though the Spanish colony and the Indian missions were making progress, all was...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . One of the most mysterious groups in European history is a secret society...

We at Catholic Textbook Project mourn the loss of one of America's and the Church's great historians, Dr. James Hitchcock.

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . The call of Christ to a more serious life of devotion was answered by a...

This text comes from our book, The American Venture . The America over which Richard Nixon served as president was a nation divided—over...

This text comes from our book, The American Venture . One month after the 19 Molly Maguires were executed, railroad workers in Baltimore...

This text comes from our book, The American Venture . In the election of 1800, two Republicans vied with John Adams for the...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . Though King Vittorio Emanuele III sincerely wanted to keep all the terms...

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . Since Archduke Rudolf had been Franz Josef’s only son, his death meant...