The Jamestown settlement in Virginia, which officially was started on May 14, 1607, was one of the first European colonies to last in North America for more than a few years, despite severe ...

Professor Timothy Wolters talked about King George's War, which took place in the 1740s in North America between European colonial powers. This class was from his course titled "American Military ...

PostEverything Stop fighting it. America is a monarchy, and that’s probably for the best. Scalia says our Presidents are more "George III than George Washington." He's right.

European Printmakers Had No Idea What Colonial American Cities Looked Like, So They Just Made Stuff Up To satisfy customers hungry for visions of the British colonies, these artists created wildly ...

His goal was to put what the children were learning during the annual Colonial Days festival into context by explaining how the contributions of Native Americans led to the first Thanksgiving.

The American media’s largely uncritical treatment of the British monarchy’s legacy following the death of Queen Elizabeth II has been consistent with the fascination Americans have with ...

Catherine Allgor, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, discusses Coverture and the rights and roles of women during the colonial era of America.

Suffers from significant fillm emulsion damage at the beginning. The film narrates the story of European explorers during the Age of Discovery, focusing on the French, English, and Dutch efforts ...

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic —and 20 were executed.