WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Walking around here is like time travel. “This is the restored capital of Virginia which was the ...

I. Religious motives in American colonization. Hakluyt's discourse on western planting. The crusade against Catholicism. Contributions of the German reformation. English religious minorities.

New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World By Andrew Lawler Photographs by ...

The combination of a historically absentee landlord [British king and parliament] coupled with a sudden renewed interest in the colonies, especially as a source of income, slowly eroded the bonds ...

Discover how American agriculture influenced the early candy industry in the .....of the Gibraltar, one of America’s first commercially sold ...

HYRUM, Cache County — One Utah man has spent the past 50 years collecting different versions of the American flag, starting with the 13 colonies. From the oldest known American battle flag to the ...

Bernard Bailyn, an influential and significant historian of the American colonial period, passed away last week at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. The cause of death was heart failure. He was 97.

For many years, the portrayal of indigenous people in America has existed in a paradox. They either are described as “merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished ...

Introduction : Indian slavery in historical context / Alan Gallay -- Indian slavery in colonial New England / Margaret Ellen Newell -- "They shalbe slaves for their lives" : Indian slavery in colonial ...

Then wash all down with good wine and beer, And So with mirth conclude the Year. — Virginia Almanac, 1765 Except for the feasting, an 18th century Christmas in Tidewater Virginia was simple and modest ...