The nine colleges that existed in the original 13 colonies when the Revolutionary War broke out each shaped the new nation’s political culture in a distinct way, says J. David Hoeveler, professor of ...

In 1848, before the age of the 'new imperialism', France already claimed an overseas empire extending from the Americas to Africa and the Indian Ocean. The sole North American possession France ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg have unearthed remains of Revolutionary War barracks, including items believed to have used by military officers, on a site near the foundation’s ...

At the beginning of the 1700s, newspapers were a fairly new concept in the American colonies. But by the end of the century, they had truly become the mass media of the day, with growing influence in ...

Passed by the British Parliament in March 1765, the Stamp Act aimed to raise revenue directly from the American colonies. It required colonists to pay a tax on virtually all printed materials. This ...

Reading the invitation for public comment on the petition to retire the Colonial as the AB mascot, I noted “whiteness” and “maleness” as the only characteristics explicitly identified as not ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented ...

User-Created Clip by Craig McAndrew April 26, 2017 2012-09-15T20:23:00-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/cff/20120915202608003.jpgHistory professor John Thomas ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X There’s a big tea party this weekend, but you won’t have to hold out your pinky. Instead, wave a ...