Colonial America
All contributors in Colonial America
America's First Newspaper - Boston - 1690
A Newspaper and Pamphlet publisher, accused of sedition in London, flees to Boston and helps establish that city's reputation as America's "Cradle of Journalism". more...
The Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1775
Americans were tested in a pitched battle East of Boston at the small village of Charlestown. Here it was first heard, "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes!" more...
Prelude toThe Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1775
British Generals decide to take the high points around Boston to keep their naval advantage from being taken. Breed's Hill in Charlestown becomes the flash point of war! more...
The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga May 10 1775
Former French Fort Carillon on Lake Champlain at the mouth of Lake George in New York held an unequaled weapons cache destined to save Boston in the American Revolution! more...
Many have learned in school about a nefarious character named Amerigo Vespucci who stole Columbus's glory and named America after himself. What is the true story? more...
Toward The Setting Sun - New World Discovery
In action packed narrative, Boyle weaves international intrigue, political plots, personal ambition, and family secrets into the true drama of the discovery of America! more...
Gunpowder Expedition May 2-4 1775
Choosing Liberty or Death, Virginia mobilized the militia. On April 21, Lord Dunmore raided the Williamsburg Magazine. Colonel Patrick Henry leads Hanover Militia. more...
All feature articles in Colonial America
William Penn, The English Quaker and Founder
More than just the founder of the state of Pennsylvania, William Penn's life is rich with heritage, writing talent and his strong Quaker faith. more...
Native American Pirates of New England
For more than two years in the 1720s members the Abenaki, Micmac and Beothuk tribes of northern New England out witted and out fought the Colonists. more...
By: Michael Durkin
Before the establishment of the USA , huge areas of the country were held by England , France, Spain and Mexico. New France was seen as territory West of the Appalachians more...
Weymouth MA Settlers Initiate Town Government
The birth of the New England form of town government may, ironically, be rooted in the failure of Sir Ferdinando Gorges' effort to colonize most of the American seaboard. more...
Failed Weymouth MA Settlement Ends in Massacre
Thomas Weston, a discontented Mayflower Company backer, founded Weymouth, MA, a failed venture meant to show the Pilgrims how to achieve commercial success. more...
By: Robert Guthrie
This trial, while presumably the hearing of a pirate and a traitor, was in fact much more of a political event that tells us a great deal about the time period. more...
It may have been Col. Thomas Fitch's shabbily dressed troops who inspired a British Army surgeon to write the derisive "Yankee Doodle". more...
All contributing articles in Colonial America