Historical Research

I'm working on some alternate-history research which requires me to got through a lot of US history. I'll be posting bits and pieces here over time (as I have time and depending on when the characters decide to "talk" to me). So please bear with me.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Preamble to the Declaration of Independence