From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor ... annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston.

By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...

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 ...

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

During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against Britain in 1775 to achieve their freedom, declaring ...

After much discussion, the delegates resolved to create an army that would represent not just New England, but all of the British colonies on the continent of North America. Congress Voting the ...

In fact, the British Empire controlled 26 colonies in the Americas. That's right, Britain's domination in the Americas went beyond the 13 colonies in North America that would later become the ...