r/AmericanHistory

11K archived posts · Jun 2008 – Sep 2026

American History

r/AmericanHistory

Dedicated to the history of the Western Hemisphere through the year 2004. We encourage friendly discourse, debates, questions, articles, discoveries, or anything else relevant to the Americas within the given time period.

Created Jun 1, 2008

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Welcome, this subreddit is dedicated to the history of the Western Hemisphere (from Atlantic to Pacific) through the year 2004. We encourage friendly discourse, debates, questions, articles, discoveries, or anything else relevant to the Americas within the given time period.

Rules:

NO INTERNAL U.S. HISTORY! Please submit any posts relating to internal US history/politics to r/USHistory
Flair your submissions.
Use respect at all times.
We have a zero tolerance policy for racism, sexism, homophobia, using "retard" as an insult and other derogatory remarks.
This reddit is for history of the Americas up until 2004.
We have a zero tolerance policy for memes, screencaps, or other "meme-like" content. Such content will be deleted.
Blogspam and self promotion is against the rules. It's fine if you want to link back to your website once in awhile, but if that's all you do without engaging in the community you will be banned.

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Good posts that constructively add to the conversation, people citing sources, and helpful answers.

Downvote

Posts not relating to the history of the Americas. Unhelpful or antagonistic replies.

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Blogspam, self promotion, flaming, insults, memes, or anything else that breaks our rules.

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