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This map illustrates the course and key developments of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American theater of the global Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. It shows the territorial struggles, shifting alliances...

A look at the living conditions and routines of slaves during the Colonial period with a focus on Washington and Mount Vernon's slaves.

The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were five laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1774 to punish the Thirteen Colonies of British North America for the Boston Tea Party. Though the acts primarily targeted...

The American Revolution (1765-1789) was a period of political upheaval in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America. Initially a protest over parliamentary taxes, it blossomed into a rebellion and led, ultimately, to the birth of the...

An illustration showing the manufacture of sugar from raw sugar cane. The image may represent a scene in the West Indies, although the machinery and techniques are applicable to colonial sugar plantations in the Caribbean, South America and...

The establishment of the Middle and Southern English Colonies of North America was encouraged by the earlier English settlements of Jamestown Colony of Virginia in the south (founded 1607) and Plymouth Colony and, especially, Massachusetts...

This map illustrates the rise and expansion of the Spanish Colonial Empire during the Age of Exploration, from the late 15th to the early 19th century. Emerging after the completion of the Reconquista in 1492 and the voyages of Christopher...

Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542) was a Spanish conquistador who fought in Panama and Nicaragua and accompanied Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) in the conquest of the Inca civilization in Peru. He famously explored North America, including...

A colonial woman spinning in the kitchen. Illustration from A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele and Esther Baker Steele, 1885.

Swiss colonial science. Fritz and Paul Sarasin were scientists who travelled to British controlled Ceylon and Dutch ruled Celebes during the last decades of the 19th century. The elephant slain here had a calf that was shipped to Basel Zoo...