But out of it all survived the folk of New England, the folk that are the backbone of the American Nation. The story of these thirteen colonies is a good tonic and a good corrective.

William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger Williams — and planted the first apple orchards in America.

Two hundred and fifty years ago Saturday, an angry mob of American colonists swarmed three ships moored at the docks in Boston, seized 45 tons of tea and tossed it into the harbor. Within this ...

The Continental Association called for American merchants to end all importation of British manufactured goods and for American consumers to refuse to purchase such items, starting on Dec. 1, 1774.

The American Revolutionary War was a struggle for independence by the American colonies against their British rulers. What started with grievances over taxes and lack of representation, exploded ...

The first option was to let the colonies go. The second was to unify the American colonies with Britain the way Scotland had been united with England. Smith himself was Scottish and, looking back ...

Photo: Smithsonian American Art Museum On Nov. 25, 1783—Evacuation Day, as it came to be known—the last remaining ships of the British Royal Navy set sail from New York City, their seven-year ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A silver coin that was minted in the American colonies before the United States existed broke a record with its staggering sale price at auction. The ...