"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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) William Campbell. Courtesy of Kings Mountain National Park. He was a ...

David:The history of British migration is one of people ... demand for cheap labour in Britain’s newly created colonies in north America. David:From 1610 to American independence in 1776 ...

Regrettably, slavery has always been with us. Basically all cultures throughout human history have been involved in slavery.

Colonialism is the practice of a foreign group of people who establishes and maintains control over a territory, community, neighborhood, or a different group of people to take what can be taken to ...

The year was 1780, and the tide of the American Revolution was turning against the patriot cause. The British gained new allies in the divided south and won victory after victory. Charleston had ...

Kamala Harris has often referred to her grandfather as one of the “original independence fighters in India.” However, ...