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 ...

There would not be an American Revolution that united all of the 13 colonies that became the United States. The Dutch and Swedish governments would have ruled the most significant cities that were ...

It took over a century for the US electoral map to geographically assume the form that we associate with it today. A look at ...

detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom: NGC 3576, NGC 6357, Messier 17, NGC 6188, Messier 22 and NGC 3603. “We have changed the view of our ...

The story of the American Revolution as traditionally recounted is the saga of the thirteen colonies fighting their colonial ruler, Britain, for independence. But an equally compelling part of the ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

The Electoral College, like many of the foundations of our government, was a compromise.  The framers of our Constitution ...

New Jersey has voted in blue in the past eight presidential elections. A look at the state's voting history and when it ...

On a map, you see Maine to the right of New Hampshire and Vermont ... This was nearly six months before the Continental Congress signed the declaration. One of the original 13 colonies, New Hampshire ...

Nov. 13, 2023. "The wood stork is the only species of stork that breeds in the U.S.," FWC says. "Wood storks are very social ...