The 1920s saw renewed individualism as bankers and financial entrepreneurs speculated wildly with consumer deposits and ...

The first option was to let the colonies go. The second was to unify the American colonies with Britain the way Scotland had been united with England. Smith himself was Scottish and, looking back ...

NOVA “Revolutionary War Weapons” Wednesday, April 9 at 9:00 pm In April 1775, war breaks out in Britain’s most troublesome ...

Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the specter of annexing Canada since his inauguration to a second term as president. The ...

John Ferling’s “Shots Heard Round the World” explores how France and Spain came to help the colonies throw off England’s rule ...

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 ...

Colonies faced periods of inflation and excessive taxation, which caused great distress. Angry and frustrated American colonists revolted against the British, which led to the American Revolution ...

The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor helped kick-start the southern colonies' embrace of the radical cause ...

WILLIAMSBURG — On March 25, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns offered the Historic Triangle a sneak peek at his newest ...