The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different ...

Colonialism is closely related to imperialism. Imperialism is the policy or ethos of using power and influence to control ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans were ...

LONDON (AP) — After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain’s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an ...

THIS volume forms one of the well-known geographical series edited by Sir Archibald Geikie. The part of it for which Dr. Dawson is responsible is that which deals with the British possessions in North ...

WHAT are the considerations which properly enter into any just estimate of a people’s naval power ? In the first place, this certainly is a vital question: Are the people themselves in any true sense ...