1750: 61% of all British North American slaves -- nearly 145,000 -- live in Virginia and Maryland, working the tobacco fields. 1770: Crispus Attucks is killed in the Boston Massacre. 1775 ...

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 ...

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 world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

When considering the role of loyalism in British North America during what is sometimes termed the ‘age of revolution’ it is crucial at the outset to clarify precisely what the central political ...

Jeremy Black Source: H-Albion ‘One of the merits of the original study, Irish Opinion and the American Revolution, 1760–1783 by Vincent Morley, is the inclusion of Gaelic manuscripts in its impressive ...

British Airways is set to operate a record number of flights from North America to London in the summer of 2025, operating over 400 direct flights per week during its busiest travel periods. This ...

Intense wildfires in Canada have sparked pollution alerts across swathes of North America as smoke is blown ... Canada is the Donnie Creek fire in British Columbia which is now blazing over ...

North America is the third largest continent in the world. It is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer passes through ...

The man arrested after apparently plotting to assassinate the former president, wrote a book in which he apologised to Iran for Trump cancelling a nuclear deal. Rupert Murdoch is trying to ensure ...