The 13 original colonies of the United States ... from New Hampshire in the north to Georgia in the south. But how did these British colonies evolve into the United States of America?

By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

The man with a taste for alcohol and a brilliant political mind would help shape the British colonies of North America into one nation.

The shift from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the British colonies is evident in the development of the colonies' laws. • Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from ...

Britain's colonies sent over two and a half million men to fight for Britain during the war. India sent the most soldiers. At that time, India included both Pakistan and Bangladesh. British ...