With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...

The exhibit invites the public to explore lesser-known history about our nation’s beginnings and the diverse experiences of ...

American Samoa is still an American territory, while the British colony became an independent country known as Samoa. The ...

The Founders abhorred a judiciary more loyal to the Crown than to the rule of law. But now the independent system they ...

5, 1774, when delegates from 12 of Britain’s 20 North American colonies met in Philadelphia to respond to the Intolerable Acts — the British Parliament’s response to the Boston Tea Party.

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor ... annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston.

British and American forces had clashed at Lexington and Concord. Thirteen American colonies united to form a congress, which declared independence from Britain, and on 4 July 1776, the United States ...

"If you claim that America has its foundational culture ... This is part of a series across the BBC about the legacies of British colonial rule and how it is still affecting people today: My ...

The British Museum initially was slow to respond ... PERMISSION OF THE CROATOAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Throughout colonial North America, most of the English captured by Indians or who deserted ...

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 ...

By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...