For example, the import duty on tea raised its price by around 70 per cent by the middle of the 18th century. Smuggling was usually organised by gangs, who were funded by investors or venturers.

And as late as the 18th century, the French philosopher Montesquieu wrote that any man who was in love with his wife was probably too dull to be loved by another woman. When did romance enter the ...

Minor theft and, to a lesser extent, violent crime continued to be the main crimes committed in the 18th century. However, the start of the Industrial Revolution led to new crimes associated with ...

Imagine the terror of awakening in a confined, pitch-black underground space slowly suffocating to death 6ft under while trapped in your own coffin. You can't see ...

As you approach New Haven, on the right you’ll pass “Composition in Black and Brown,” a billboard by the artist Ken Gonzales-Day collaging his photographs of 18th-century marble busts from ...

New research has revealed the fascinating life story of a once anonymous Black boy in a grand 18th-century English portrait by French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo. Recently uncovered documents ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — A Townsend restaurant was deemed a total loss Friday by the area’s volunteer fire department after a fire broke out around 5 a.m. Hours later, the building smoldered ...

At its showcase event in Hawaii, Qualcomm focused on its new wireless networking platform, Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and AI functions in edge, automotive and other settings. With its new releases at ...

The biography is scheduled for publication in 2024. An article titled "The Family Life of Peter and Ruth Townsend: Social Science and Methods in 1950s and Early 1960s Britain" has been recently ...

Former President Donald Trump has floated using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport undocumented immigrants if he’s elected, a law giving the president broad powers to detain foreign ...