Part of the
New England Historical Society's database offerings (America's Historical Newspapers) includes Newsbank's Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876. Apparently Newsbank is discontinuing the remote/home access offering for NEHGS members by June 12 (it will still be available to those who physically go to NEHGS).
I went to check out the collection and noticed that at least some of it is covered in the GenealogyBank subscription I have. I also found a nice rundown of their "era" categories, which I might employ when writing about ancestors in context of their times:
ERAS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Early Colonial Era (1690 to 1729)
Salem witchcraft, Slavery institutionalized
Development of Colonial Societies (1730 to 1753)
First Great Awakening, Stono Slave Rebellion (SC), Universities established
Seven Years War (1754 to 1763)
Pontiac's Rebellion, Decline of French colonial power, Royal Proclamation of 1763
Prelude to Revolution (1764 to 1774)
Stamp Act Crisis, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress
American Revolution (1775 to 1783)
Battle of Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, Rise of Republicanism, Treaty of Paris
Articles of Confederation (1784 to 1789)
Shays' Rebellion, U.S. Constitutional Convention, Rise of Republican Motherhood
Early Republic (1790 to 1811)
Ban on Slave Importation, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812 (1812 to 1815)
Burning of Washington, "Star Spangled Banner" written, Tecumseh killed, Treaty of Ghent
Era of Good Feelings (1816 to 1822)
Spain cedes FL to U.S., Missouri Compromise, Denmark Vesey executed
Jacksonian Era (1823 to 1842)
Second Great Awakening, Lowell Textile Mills, Monroe Doctrine, Trail of Tears and Indian Removal
Antebellum Period (1843 to 1860)
Height of Plantation Slavery, California Gold Rush, Dred Scott decision, Mexican War
U.S. Civil War (1861 to 1865)
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman's March, President Lincoln assassinated, Slavery abolished
Reconstruction (1866 to 1877)
Civil Rights Amendments, Freedman's Bureau, Increasing Industrialization, Sioux War
Gilded Age (1878 to 1889)
Haymarket Bombing and Labor unrest, Chinese Exclusion Act, Dawes Act
ERAS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN
Colonial Trade and Plantation System (1718 to 1750)
Plantation system takes root, Growth of slavery as trade in sugar, Tobacco and rice expands
International Conflicts and Slave Rebellions (1751 to 1790)
European nations compete for dominance in the region, Dominica captured by the British and recaptured by the French, Conflict over control of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Slave rebellions increase throughout region
Revolutions and Nation Building (1791 to 1825)
Slave rebellion breaks out in Haiti, French military defeated by rebels, Haiti established as the first free Black Republic
End of Slavery and Decline of European Dominance (1826 to 1876)
Slavery abolished throughout the region, European control over region goes into decline
U.S. Presidential Eras
George Washington (1789 to 1797)
John Adams (1797 to 1801)
Thomas Jefferson (1801 to 1809)
James Madison (1809 to 1817)
James Monroe (1817 to 1825)
John Q. Adams (1825 to 1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829 to 1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837 to 1841)
William H. Harrison (1841)
John Tyler (1841 to 1845)
James Knox Polk (1845 to 1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849 to 1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850 to 1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853 to 1857)
James Buchanan (1857 to 1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861 to 1865)
Andrew Johnson (1865 to 1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869 to 1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 to 1881)
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