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Garfunkel and Simon's favorite subject in 

school was American history. They were always 

happy when they went.

Mr. Robinson, Garfunkel and Simon's history 

teacher, would teach them about American 

literature and American history.

After school, they would sing songs about what 

it meant to be American, proud, and what they 

learned in class that day.

They sang of Eli Whitney and the cotton gin, 

The innovation of America, and the thought of 

being seen as the makers of the world.

They sang of the Embargo act of 1807 and 

how it proved America wasn't going to be 

messed with. 

They sang the expansion of the United States 

through the Louisiana Purchase and how the 

U.S seemed like it would never stop growing.

But when they couldn't sing anymore, they 

admired the art of Americans. They Admired 

Ashar Durad for representing nationalism 

through the scenery. The scene he painted 

defined us because the scene could only be 

found in the U.S. They saw Thomas Cole 

saying the same thing, conquering the Indians 

to get more land.

And they marveled at George Caitlin's and 

Fredrick Remmington's paintings of pride with 

how far the Americans have come. 

Remmington revealed the west and Caitlin 

showed the technology.

Garfunkel and Simon loved being American so 

much that they studied history in their free 

time. They supported Henry Clay's American 

system and his three main ideas. Sometimes, 

they reenacted his goals, and they said:

"We need to promote transportation in any 

way possible! Tax anything not from the United 

States! We need a federal bank to run the U.S 

in the right direction!

Garfunkel and Simon also read the most 

important cases of the U.S that were taken by 

the Supreme Court.

They argued over McCulloch v. Maryland and 

how Congress couldn't put taxes on the banks.

Garfunkel defended Gibbons and Simon 

defended Ogden in Simon's living room, where 

they imagined it as a courthouse in New York. 

But the biggest case they argued over was 

Marbury v. Madison. They yelled about who 

deserved to win the most controversial case in 

American history, even if it happened over 200 

years ago.

But their favorite documents that were written 

by the American government didn't include the 

Constitution. They were the Adams-Onis treaty 

and the Monroe Doctrine.

The Adams-Onis treaty was also known as the 

Purchase of Florida. This made Garfunkel and 

Simon love it even more because they were 

from Florida. It finally gave america a full 

coastline and something to add to their list of 

bragging rights.

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