the first permanent British settlement in North America. Often referred to as the "Knight's Tombstone" due to the carvings of a knight and shield on its surface, the mysterious marker's placement ...

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 ...

France's General in North America, the Marquis de Montcalm ... In the first battles of the war, Montcalm took the British forts of Oswego on Lake Ontario and Fort William Henry on Lake Champlain ...

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

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

These maroons (or outlyers, as they were often called in North America) set up small communities ... Because of extensive settlement and cultivation, maroonage in Virginia and the northern ...