Educational opportunities were much sparser in the rural South. The New England Primer was the first and most popular primer designed to teach reading in the colonies. The Puritans valued education, ...

The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

Ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to colonial projects that spanned the globe, these were the biggest ...

[3] Britain influenced the colonies more than any other country ... and reduced the number of capital offenses from thirteen to two. Virginia and Kentucky passed similar reform bills.

Let’s be clear: ranking Italy’s 20 regions is a subjective and unwinnable exercise. Elsewhere I have written extensively ...

The Cadastre of Orange is an ancient plan that shows the Roman centuriations (land distributions) that extended across the ...

This gathering is known as the First Continental Congress. You may be wondering: What 20 colonies? I thought there were 13. What gives? In 1774, British North America included 20 colonies — not ...

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The result was to unite what had been 13 separate and distinct colonies, challenge them to consider self-government and foment a revolution that resulted in independence. And, while achieving ...

From Meridian Township and Base Line Road downstate to Burt Lake Up North, the earliest surveyors and their work have left an ...

Seven essays accompany the first-ever exhibition devoted to the Caribbean-born artist who became a leading figure in the ...