After 10 years as Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation president, Jim Horn will retire this summer to spend more time with his ...

After 10 years as Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation president, Jim Horn will retire this summer to spend more time with his ...

Enslaved persons, sailors, and other groups at the bottom of the colonial hierarchy of power rose up against their oppressors. These rebellions struck fear in the heart of rulers everywhere, and ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

On June 23, 1775, Londoners focused on enjoying a regatta, not fretting about a brewing rebellion.

Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter ...

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

Imagine a world where the Dutch, instead of the English, had colonized the Northeast of what would become the United States. What would America look like today if cities like New York, Boston, and ...

The folk songs of North America : in the English language by Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. Publication date ... Wake Up, Jacob -- Wand'rin -- Wars of America -- Way over in the heavens -- Weeping Mary -- We ...

The unique situation of American Samoans dates to the 19th century, when the U.S. and European powers were seeking to expand their colonial and economic interests in the South Pacific.

One of the oldest names in North American business has officially shut its doors. The Hudson’s Bay Company, known to many Canadians simply as “The Bay,” has declared bankruptcy, bringing a ...