Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering ...

Trump, like Putin, seems to believe that it’s his prerogative as the leader of a global superpower to seize land to promote U ...

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 ...

Microsoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston.

The man with a taste for alcohol and a brilliant political mind would help shape the British colonies of North America into one nation.

Rich Benjamin’s new book reveals a shared spirit between the world’s first Black republic and the United States.

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 ...

The course surveys major developments in the economic history of North America between 1600 and 2000. Colonial development; the American Revolution; Early North American Industry; Slavery; Westward ...

North American West Ian Tonat is a PhD candidate with research interests in North American colonial history, Native American history, and the early American West. In particular, he is interested in ...