Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

This was literally true by the early 20th century when British colonies spanned the globe. After World War II, a victorious ...

How did the British colonies become so successful? Because the British colonized North America in much greater numbers than the Dutch and French, they proved to be more successful. As a result, the ...

THIS valuable work has been published at an opportune moment, for the decisions of the Imperial Government in such matters as the withdrawal of the white troops and the non-renewal of the mail ...

The shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the British colonies is evident in the development of the colonies' laws. • Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from ...