The first permanent English settlement was established ... South Carolina and Georgia. In the American colonies, governing structures varied widely. Some, like Massachusetts Bay Colony, embraced ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade ... one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Servants typically worked ...

The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare independence from Britain Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent It was Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. In the few years prior ...

While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies ... and the first 10 years of his reign were characterized by political ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III, who lost the American colonies, died at the age of 82.