early American

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He also headed up the team for the experimental XP-80, an early American jet built in response to the Nazis’ Messerschmitt Me 262.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Other laws and commissions enacted in early American history similarly divided up power within the executive branch, limiting presidential control.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

Jews could neither vote nor hold office in some parts of the early American republic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

The discoveries once again fractured the consensus about the early American history, miring it in dispute.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann