From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, former British colonies often reflect deep-rooted traces of their colonial past. But what about countries where the British monarch ...

In 1864 representatives from the three British colonies in modern-day Canada began to negotiate merging into one self-governing confederation.

It marks the day the British North America Act came into effect in 1867, effectively creating the Dominion of Canada out of three British colonies: the United Province of Canada (now the provinces ...

On July 4, 2025, the United States of America celebrates Independence Day, marking the 249th anniversary of its declaration of independence from British rule in 1776. While it is now a day of ...

And so it began: Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Battles of Lexington and Concord propelled the British colonies in America into a revolutionary war that would sever governmental ties with ...

So long as the British still controlled their chain of forts along the Hudson, they could split the colonies in two and keep the rebels at bay. North climbed aboard his barge on regatta day ...