The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

The defining difference between these counties and America's "internal colonies" can be found in social infrastructure, a strong middle class and lower inequality than in the nation's poorest ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden ...

THOMASVILLE- The Reverend George Wilcox Brown, III, 4th Rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, presented a program to the John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century. His ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

In 1774, British North America included 20 colonies — not only the 13 most U.S. schoolchildren are familiar with but also Quebec, four maritime colonies, East and West Florida, and Bermuda.

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...