West-brom Sentence Examples

The early days of American history began with the original 13 colonies on the East Coast followed by the American Revolution, then the birth of a new country, the United States of America, in 1776. During the mid-1800s, the country began expanding westward. Explore key events in the westward expansion timeline to get a sense of how this era unfolded, along with a visual timeline highlighting key events.

Capitalization rules seem like they can be all over the map. In the case of writing direction words (north, south, east, and west), that's literally the case! So when are directions capitalized? Take a look at these quick tips for deciding when to capitalize directions, when to avoid capitalizing them and when the answer isn't quite so simple.