Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

Ratcliffe, one of the owners of Manchester United soccer club as well as the boss of chemicals giant Ineos, complained about the state of the economy in an interview with Sky News. During the ...

SYDNEYSYDNEY — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on ...

Archaeologists digging for clues in New Smyrna Beach have been puzzled for decades by the virtual absence of English-period structural remains there. After all, the city in 1768 was the site of the ...

The British colonization of Africa reshaped an entire continent - politically, economically, and culturally. In this video, I explore how and why Britain expanded its empire into Africa, the impact on ...

For as long as I can remember, my dad had one goal: to live longer than his dad did. I never met my grandfather — or as we call him in Tamil: Appappa. He died of a heart attack when he was 56: before ...

Wendy Warren, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University, specializes in the history of colonial North America and the early modern Atlantic world. She joined the University in 2010 ...