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 ...

from New Hampshire in the north to Georgia in the south. But how did these British colonies evolve into the United States of America? Let’s take a journey through history and explore what made ...

The threat of the American invasion — and the reality of American tariffs — spurred Canadian Confederation more than 150 ...

English colonialists liked to say “The sun never sets on the British Empire ... Britain ruled its American colonies for ...

slavery factored heavily in the economy of all the British North American colonies, and not just in the plantation economy of the South. While many southerners found slavery morally repugnant ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

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 ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately ... The majority of white colonists resided in the North, but the majority of black people lived in the ...

Two ex-British ... ever larger American one was punishing Australia's economy, so it made sense to switch. The final reason has to do with identity. Australia, like other former colonies, wanted ...

Since we penned the article last week about Patents for the Colonies of Britain, we have received a letter from a correspondent, who states that the British ... that " an American can import ...

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