The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

Gloria L. Main completed a Ph.D. in American history at Columbia University. Her 1972 dissertation on personal wealth in the Thirteen Colonies was the basis of her first book. She applies her ...

Out of many, one.” Or so the phrase goes. You can find it on the Great Seal of the United States. It has been the unofficial motto of this country since the 1780s. Please note that the motto has ...

notes., biblio., index. $125.00 paper. ISBN: 0786448156. Although the proportion is likely exaggerated, it has traditionally been believed that about a third of the people of the Thirteen Colonies ...