Liberals still haven't awakened from the dream of American unity — but the Puritans and their followers knew better ...

A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope; this explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Servants ...

Troops were sent to secure British treasure, and then taxes were imposed on the American colonies to pay for the costs of the ... that the war’s end also heralded the end of the British Empire.

In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...