The French, Spanish, and Portuguese competed with the British for colonies under the belief that no great nation could exist and be self-sufficient without colonial resources. Because of this ...

The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he "shocked and horrified" to learn ...

BRITAIN'S Colonies, no less than the Dominions and India, are contributing their share to the war effort of the Commonwealth. The spectacular activities of the Canadian airmen over Britain, of the ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ...

It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes." - Lao Tzu The rallying cry of the American Revolution, “No ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...