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 Atlantic ...

English colonists knew they were taking on a risky business when establishing colonies. How did Britain make money from the 13 colonies? The vast network of trade links built up by the British led ...

Georgia: The last of the 13 colonies, Georgia was established by James Oglethorpe as a buffer zone between British territory and Spanish-controlled Florida. In the American colonies, governing ...

This was literally true by the early 20th century when British colonies spanned the globe. After World War II, a victorious ...

By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all inherited over-centralized state monoliths with unitary ideologies of sovereignty from the British Raj.

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

Robert Jenrick continues to show just how far-right he is during the Tory leadership contest, this time claiming that ‘former British colonies owe us a debt of gratitude’, comments which have resulted ...

Writing in the Daily Mail, he said: “Many of our former colonies – amid the complex ... colonised African and Asian nations.” “The British Empire was the largest ever known empire ...