Rather than a “colonial America,” we should speak of an Indigenous America that was only slowly and unevenly becoming ...

Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Key Takeaways Mercantilism increased a country's wealth by boosting exports.Colonies experienced high inflation and heavy taxation under mercantilism.Mercantilism led to ...

Why were the British Caribbean colonies left out of the Revolution? Slavery explains it. We’ve been learning about the 13 colonies all our lives, so why did no one think to mention the British ...

Georgia Day marks the 1733 founding of the last of the original 13 British colonies. In the American Revolutionary War, Georgia also was late to secure independence.

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, was ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. Barbara Clark Smith, Curator, Division of Political History In September 1774, nearly two years ...

As Virginia’s first female newspaper publisher, Clementina Rind emphasized women’s viewpoints and collaborated with prominent politicians like Thomas Jefferson Alexandra Cox The story of how ...

Early American currency wasn’t always American. Up until 1857, foreign coins were accepted as legal tender because there weren’t enough domestic coins to go around. Another result of the shortage: To ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Interpreter, Harold Caldwell discusses the life of enslaved people living in Colonial America. This lesson uses a video clip from Colonial ...

American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...