From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

In response, 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia to draft a united response. John Adams, a Massachusetts delegate, wrote a "Declaration of Rights ...

The keepers of statistics in the colonies were not much interested in the native population but they kept careful notes about the lives of white colonists. About half were Catholic and half ...

An intermediate conception of the Property Clause can be labeled the protective theory ... in the territories just west of the original thirteen colonies, were quickly sold or claimed and very ...

Beyond statements about equality, let’s remember that the Declaration helped create the union, meaning the bond between the thirteen independent colonies ... and not to be labeled, judged ...

Imagine your company is suddenly inundated with dozens of baseless patent infringement lawsuits. This scenario is becoming all too common as ...

Early childhood education provides a firm grounding for children entering kindergarten. This metric accounts for the percentage of children ages 3 to 4 enrolled in a nursery school or preschool ...

Dr. Webb is a historian of science and the director of the future humans program at the Berggruen Institute. Picture an ice-covered landscape, rough and rocky. Plumes of water vapor erupt from the ...

Dozens of former British colonies are challenging their old colonial rulers to make amends for slavery and other injustices suffered under the British Empire. The idea of reparations was floated at ...

APIA, Samoa (AP) — Commonwealth countries adopted Saturday their first ocean declaration during their summit held for the ...

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