It’s interesting to speculate what the United States would look like today if the smaller colonies in North America had survived ... perhaps even expanding further west into the southern Great Lakes ...

While the French fleet commanded by Admiral Comte de Grasse blocked the Chesapeake and held the British fleet at bay, American and French troops trapped British forces at Yorktown in the fall of 1781.

[3] Britain influenced the colonies more than any other country and has a long history of punishment by ... and forgery. Many southern states made more crimes capital, especially for slaves.[ ...

The academic defends the legacy of the Spanish empire on both sides of the Atlantic and is very critical of the false myths ...

The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. Indeed, the two colonies originally ...

Over the next couple of years, you’ll hear a great deal about the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding. In July 2026, ...

This system was to go on in the New England colonies well into the 1700s, and the same system of church schools was predominant. However, they placed more of a focus on philosophy than simple bible ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

the state has flipped back and forth quite a few times throughout history. One of the original 13 colonies, New Jersey has participated in every presidential election. Let's take a look at how the ...

Narrator: The Second World War was the largest war every fought in human history. By the end over ... controlled other lands and ruled them as colonies. By the outbreak of the Second World War ...

A mutant strain of H5N1 avian flu has crossed over to infect elephant seals, killing almost all pups in last year's breeding ...