Right-wing British Member of Parliament Nigel Farage responded favorably to the idea of the United States joining the British ...

It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their ...

In a number of popular pamphlets they made the argument for colonization: England stood to gain glory, profit, and adventure. The younger sons of English nobility, lacking property at home ...

British mercantilism flourished during the middle of the 17th century at a time when England was flexing its muscle in the New World. The idea behind this economic policy was that the colonies existed ...

Historically, the English only enslaved non-Christians, and not, in particular, Africans. And the status of slave (Europeans had African slaves prior to the colonization of the Americas ...

One of the most contentious issues remains the desire by some to see reparations given to former British colonies. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of ...

Australia Day marks a British colony being established at Sydney Cove on Jan. 26, 1788, which eventually led to Britain claiming the entire country without a treaty with its Indigenous inhabitants.