But how did these British colonies evolve into the United States of America? Let’s take a journey through history and explore what made these colonies tick. Imagine the 1600s: The British ...

How did the British colonies become so successful? Because the British colonized North America in much greater numbers than the Dutch and French, they proved to be more successful. As a result, the ...

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

In that article we dedicated to the tragic end of the Dutch Prime Minister and his brother in 1672, we explained that the ...

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 ...

He also asserts that " an American can import ... that it is the duty of the British Government to provide a means for foreigners obtaining patents in the colonies, since they cannot obtain ...

In 1764 he published The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ... an attack on the institution of slavery into the Anglo-American debate on liberty from Britain.

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the ...

By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...

During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against Britain in 1775 to achieve their freedom, declaring ...