Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

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.

This class explores societal groups across the North American continent from 1550 to 1750 by comparing the approaches and responses ... The semester concludes with the escalating colonial wars in the ...

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very ...

The historical half century in Spanish America (1750–99) that overlapped the War of Independence by the English colonies of North America can be characterized as a period of gestation. Beginning with ...

But how much do we know about these failed colonies in North America? Click through the following ... town of Joara (spelled Xuala on the pictured map), which they claimed and renamed as Cuenca ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence ... the restoration will be done without the benefit of surviving maps or diagrams, relying instead ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays ... will be done without the benefit of surviving maps or diagrams, relying instead on what Gary described ...

Lisa Wilson focuses her present research on North America ... 1750-1850," that received the first Richard L. Morton Award from The William and Mary Quarterly (1987). Her second book, Ye Heart of a Man ...

Despite the great diversity of the Latin American continent, land is a constant reference point and one that lends itself to rich comparative study. Topics will include the global and local politics ...

Despite the great diversity of the Latin American continent, land is a constant reference point and one that lends itself to rich comparative study. Topics will include the global and local politics ...