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.

When the Continental Congress chose this Latin motto for the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, it did so to assert the fact that thirteen British colonies in North America were now an ...

This stopped Sweden from becoming a great international colonial power. However, one hugely important innovation the Swedes introduced to North America was their method ... Revolution that united all ...

It is 250 years since America's Mason-Dixon Line ... might have looked during the project Outdated maps meant fresh measurements were needed, but colonial surveyors had proved inaccurate.

Washington became increasingly disillusioned with George III and his colonial minions. At this time British America was composed of 13 disparate colonies ruled by 13 legislatures, each committed ...

The Declaration of Independence is the document that established the United States of America's independence from the colonial rule ... the US was made up of thirteen colonies under British ...

This means that the Ivory Coast's ... the map color, the worse the degradation," he explains. The West African coast, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, China, and Central America have ...

Due to runoff into water sources, roughly 90% of the population of the two islands test positive for chlordecone in their blood. Rates of prostate cancer, which are linked to the carcinogenic ...

Making and breaking settler space: Five centuries of colonization in North America. UBC Press. (print book) Barker, A. J. (2012). Locating settler colonialism. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial ...

Others advocated for a popular vote to pick the ‘non-King’ to lead our colonies ... appointed Colonial Governors. Yet no ...

As one of the original 13 Colonies and the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents, Virginia is a state steeped in history. But with breathtaking shoreline spanning thousands of miles, unique coastal ...

Vivian, Soka University of America (THE CONVERSATION ... including 40% more for food and 13% more for health care. At the same time, Martinicans earn significantly less. About 30% of the island ...