Today, we will see how two of their squadrons also carried out a daring naval raid against French and English colonies in America, briefly reclaiming the New Netherlands. The Nieuw-Nederland, as they ...

From Revolutionary War battlefields to colonial homes steeped in history ... official royal governor’s mansion from the original 13 colonies. Constructed by the East Jersey Proprietors, it ...

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As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, spend 2025 visiting these 12 Revolutionary War sites in New ...

They believed that America was ... follow in the 13 colonies’ footsteps by joining the Union. Into the 1790s and 1800s, the U.S. government continued to see Canada as a natural target for ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested making Canada the 51st state.

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13. -- BULLIONS ... Secretary of State for Colonies 1852, Secretary of War 1854, Colonial Secretary 1857, Governor of Prince of Wales 1860, died in London, aged 53 years. 19.

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...