This stopped Sweden from becoming a great international colonial power ... the most significant cities that were firebrands of the American Revolution: Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. The British ...

Which British colony was the wealthiest? Conjectures about the real and nominal incomes in the 13 American colonies can now be made with new data. Historically, New England has been poor, and the ...

The British Empire eventually took in about ... and rising sea levels. Britain ruled its American colonies for nearly 200 ...

The Colonial Era living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, offers an enlightening portrait of life in ...

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 ...

Cameroon still has some colonial-era infrastructure, such as the railroad bridge in the photo. Colonized 1884-1914 Modern ...

which granted the British East India Company a monopoly to sell tea in the American colonies. Protests throughout Boston were swift and intense. When three tea ships arrived in Boston Harbor ...

which was to dominate these colonies for almost a century before being replaced by the closely related [Federal style] just ...

Stephen Brumwell has done a brilliant job tracing the impact of the American war on the British Army while bringing to life the common soldiers and their war." Michael Bellesiles, Emory University "In ...

The stanzas recount the Battle of Baltimore, a days-long siege between British and American forces ... historian who specializes in the American colonial revolution and early republic.

The British Empire saw its peak in the mid-19th century, dramatically expanding its reach by establishing new colonies in places like India, Africa, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. By the end of the ...

Ghosh makes visible the moral double standards prevalent in social discourses, especially regarding trading and profiting ...