Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against ...

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 ...

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War precedes a slew of planned celebrations when the United States marks ...

This is the central argument of University of Exeter professor of history Jeremy Black’s new book Imperial Legacies: The British Empire Around ... what a retreating America will mean for the ...

And in the political realm, one huge unintended consequence of the war is the damage done to America’s confidence, to its willingness to lead. In much the same way that the British people and ...

Some of the British leaders had lived in North America for decades. Some had personal connections to colonists. And some had differing theories about how to deal with rebellion, in the years ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn ... Bounty Bay, on ...

Buchan writes: But my eyes were on the north ... Empire to thwart German plans (the Ottomans were allied to the Central Powers) to foment rebellion in Muslim lands against their British colonial ...

The monument was constructed in 1834, a years after slavery was abolished across the British Empire. The display includes letters from the early American colonist John Winthrop, organisers says.