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 ...

There would not be an American Revolution that united all of the 13 colonies that became the United States. The Dutch and Swedish governments would have ruled the most significant cities that were ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Maine, New Hampshire’s eastern neighbor, takes that label. On a map, you see Maine to the right of ... the Continental Congress signed the declaration. One of the original 13 colonies, New Hampshire ...

How deregulation and private equity have gutted the U.S. freight rail system—and with it, the promise of America’s industrial ...

Read more: 13 Gas Stations With Food That's Just As Good ... ensuring they bake evenly all the way through. The modern label ...