Tom Richey

Staying at the Iroquois Hotel in true history teacher form… and it was an added bonus to see the Algonquin Hotel just a stone’s throw away. The Iroquois and Algonquin tribes were separated by the Great Lakes (or, in this case, by the City Club Hotel). The tribes were bitter enemies that made war on each other continually. European colonizers took sides in these conflicts, with the French allying themselves with the Algonquins and the English with the Iroquois. The Iroquois were not a single tribe, but a confederation of five (later six) tribes in present-day New York state, including the Mohawk, Seneca, and Oneida tribes. The bonds between the French and their Indian allies proved to be much stronger, as the Iroquois sat out of the Seven Years’ War, for the most part, while the French received the enthusiastic support from most of their native allies (thus the British designation of the North American theater as the French and Indian War). Algonquin tribes were not confined to Canada, but could also be found on the Atlantic coast. The Powhatan tribe, which the English settlers at Jamestown encountered, was an Algonquin-speaking tribe in present-day Virginia.

“Madam, don’t bring your sons up to detest the United States Government. Recollect that we form one country now. Abandon all these local animosities and make your sons Americans.”

Robert E. Lee may not exactly be the man for our time, but his decision to surrender his Army of Northern Virginia at the point where he saw no credible path to victory is a timeless lesson that has clear applications for our country today.

Episode 19: Robert E. Lee and the Courage to Quit (Tom Richey Podcast #19) Listen to this episode from Tom Richey's Podcast on Spotify. Today, someone waved a Confederate flag inside the United States Capitol after storming into the building. Perhaps, this individual should take some advice from Gen. Robert E. Lee, who chose to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia rathe...

Love it or hate it, WAP is a cultural phenomenon that has caught on with the kids. After asking a student who started playing the song on their phone in my classroom to turn it off, it got stuck in my head to the point where I began concocting alternative lyrics featuring my two favorite European kings: Louis XIV and Peter the Great. This parody song is the result:

Ruling Absolutely (WAP Parody with Louis XIV and Peter the Great) This is a cover of WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Beat Credit: Produced by Dices (There's some royals in this house) (There's some royals in this house) I said, certified king Look at all t

Are we living through the Third Red Scare? How do y’all think that history will look at the current pandemic panic? Looking forward to reading your predictions!

BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 exams for AP US History, AP European History, and AP World History will consist of a 5 document DBQ.