With passage to the Colonies ... colony was ideal. The Thirty Year's War had left Europe's economy depressed, and many skilled and unskilled laborers were without work. A new life in the New ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial ... by the dawn of the new century, the majority of Africans and African Americans were slaves for life.

war has played a significant role in the history of the indigenous peoples of New England and the Atlantic Northeast. From pre-colonial times through the American Revolution, conflict and warfare has ...

The French, Spanish, and Portuguese competed with the British for colonies under the belief that no great nation could exist and be self-sufficient without colonial resources. Because of this ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern University ... to one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England. The man who once owned the home was Pompey ...