The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

The latest volume in the series of The Story of the Nations" is a creditable and valuable work. The two volumes have been prepared for the purpose of telling the story of the American Colonies in ...

Two hundred forty-nine years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to separate the American colonies from ...

The Thirteen Colonies were built by a diverse workforce including skilled laborers, indentured servants, enslaved people, and criminals, in stark contrast to modern labor practices.

Description. U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled, and the differences and unity between the colonies and their people.

So far, seven of the 13 Colonies have spoken: Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia - and, on the anniversary of Lexington and Concord, New York.

One Utah man has spent the past 50 years collecting different versions of the American flag. They are now on display at Elite ...

The 13 colonies were all part of the British Empire, but they had many differences, from the colonists' views on religious freedom to how they educated their children. More for You.

Robert G. Parkinson is associate professor of history at Binghamton University and the author of Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence. Slavery and ...