Colonial Period

As a German colony from 1884-1916, Kamerun was called "The African Pearl" for its human and material potential, and for its strategic position in ...

In the multi-ethnic, multi-racial and multi-religious Central African state called Cameroon, the country's largest ethnic group that paid the ...

Today, the Salem Witch Trials are often remembered as being a relic of a superstitious past. But it was deadly serious in 1692, when 19 men and women found themselves taken to "Gallows Hill"....

In The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution, Dan Robinson presents a new history of politics in colonial America and the imperial crisis, tracing how ideas of Europe and Europeanness shaped British-American political culture....

The history of California is one that witnessed the rise and fall of several nations and peoples. From the first natives to settle the fertile lands to the encroaching foreigners from the south, east, west, and north, the land that eventually became the Golden State received them all....

A lot has been written, but even so, historical texts do not always reveal the complex personality that this man possessed. He was a man of purpose who felt destined to hold both Europe and the Christian faith together. This is the life and the story of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire....

Have you ever wondered, "Who really was Thomas Jefferson?" Find out....

This original study tells the story of the Illinois Country, a collection of French villages that straddled the Mississippi River for nearly a century, before it was divided by the treaties that ended the Seven Years' War in the early 1760s....

The importance of the volume in the American Nation series is that it includes colonies of the three types which persisted down to the Revolution—the crown colonies, the proprietary colonies, and the three New England charter colonies....

On September 13, 1759, a battle was fought on the Plains of Abraham outside the old city of Québec. It was one of the turning-point battles in world history....

In this immersive exploration, Kelley connects the story of enslaved people in the United States to their origins in Africa as never before....

The Spanish Empire stands as one of the most magnificent empires in the history of the world. It unfurled its might across multiple continents, conquered all who stood in its way, and left an indelible impact on cultures around the globe....

The Early Explorers Book 1 includes biographical sketches of some of the first explorers that penetrated the American mainland, both South America ...

In A Not-So-New World, Christopher Parsons observes how it was that French colonists began to learn about Native environments and claimed a mandate to cultivate vegetation that did not differ all that much from that which they had left behind....

New Hampshire was founded through land grants issued to John Mason and Fernando Gorges in 1622....

Imperialism has been seen as the highest stage of capitalism. But what we are now witnessing around the world is the upgraded imperialism. African countries were hoping to "develop" soon after colonialism. But with Imperialism 2.0, Africa is under new colonialism....

This book surveys the colonial and revolutionary history of the Pennsylvania colony from the day William Penn founded the colony through decades of infighting....

America, the land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modern-day America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World War 1 and 2 we can see that America has left its mark on the world....

Everyone knows Benjamin Franklin—the thrifty inventor-statesman of the Revolutionary era—but not about his love life. Poor Richard’s Women reveals the neglected voices of the women Ben loved and lost during his lifelong struggle between passion and prudence....

Although the Declaration of Independence is now considered one of the most important political documents in history, the men that drafted it did not initially favor such a move at the start of the American Revolution....