In a close election, a lot of media attention focuses on how different demographic groups might sway the results. Evangelical ...

Made up of six states, this region in the north east of the US is best known for its history and culture, but its coastal ...

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In 1643, the New England Confederation assisted runaway ... Slavery was abolished within England, but it was still permissible within the colonies, as was the slave trade itself.

At the end of the 16th century, Spain and Portugal dominated the South American continent and parts of the Caribbean. They had also gotten a foothold in Central America and the southern portions ...

Those Colonies often had official churches that used government ... who was born in England. When he arrived in New England, ...

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Whether you celebrate Halloween by reading ghost stories, with friends and family, or watching scary movies, we hope you have ...

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Close to 150 years later, New Hampshire became the first state to declare independence from England on January 5, 1776. This was nearly six months before the Continental Congress signed the ...

The American Colonies in 1776 took their stand upon ... starvation in a single country as the whole population of Canada, New England, and the city and state of New York, or nearly half as many ...

Commonwealth countries have adopted their first ocean declaration during their summit held for the first time in the Pacific ...