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 ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies convened a Continental Congress in Philadelphia ...

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, ...

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Together with Portsmouth, Exeter and Hampton, these early settlements became a royal province in 1679, existing under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts from 1698-1741. New Hampshire, named after ...

A 13-year-old girl from Ranchi was allegedly trafficked to Lucknow on a truck and on the way, she was "raped" by its driver multiple times before being left on a roadside, police said on Monday.

View all monuments in NYC Parks, as well as temporary public art installations on our NYC Public Art Map ... 13-foot standing bronze figure, sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), directly ...

More than 50 tables of dealers buying and selling cards and memorabilia. Proceeds benefit homeless children. 3-8 p.m. Sept.

Early childhood education provides a firm grounding for children entering kindergarten. This metric accounts for the percentage of children ages 3 to 4 enrolled in a nursery school or preschool ...

A poor Kolkata neighborhood lost power during a heat wave, unlike a nearby luxury mall. The resulting protest exposed extreme heat’s unequal toll in India.