The 13 colonies were all part of the British Empire, but they had many differences, from the colonists' views on religious freedom to how they educated their children.
Long before George Washington went down in history as an American founding father, highest-ranking military leader and the first President of the United States, he found himself forced to surrender ...
Route 44's bad reputation goes all the way back to colonial eraIn the Colonial era, Connecticut had the dubious distinction of having the worst roads in the 13 original colonies.In 1768, Lord Adam Gor ...
Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. Advertisement In 1811 ...
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 ...
Photographer Wendel White created Manifest: Thirteen Colonies as a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public and private collections.
That response prompted an impassioned response from Plaskett. "This body, and this nation, has a territories and a colonies problem," she said, prompting some Democrats to give a standing ovation.