1741: Fires break out in New York City, which has the second-largest urban population of blacks. Numerous blacks are accused and executed in a witch-hunt atmosphere.

About 13 years after unification, Germany turned its attention to acquiring overseas colonies by purchase ... Colonized: 1898 ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

On a map, you see Maine to the right of New Hampshire and Vermont ... This was nearly six months before the Continental Congress signed the declaration. One of the original 13 colonies, New Hampshire ...

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and it became one of the original 13 colonies. New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, and New York City served as the new nation’s first capital.

North Carolina, which was at one time combined with South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and became the 12th state in 1789. It sent the most troops to ...

President Joe Biden has managed this national divide by marking both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in separate White House proclamations. But rather than divide up for rival civic holidays, ...

As much as I have been enjoying Starfield, there is one aspect that I don’t think is especially defensible, that none of its major cities have ground maps, just floating icons in a sea of ...

As one of the original 13 Colonies and the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents, Virginia is a state steeped in history. But with breathtaking shoreline spanning thousands of miles, unique coastal ...

and a child who had been dead thirteen days." The Victorians called such slums rookeries, or colonies of breeding animals. The chairman of the London County Council described his city as "a tumour ...

More than three years on, this grand elevated road project, which targets the decongestion of the areas around the seven Government Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colonies, remains only on ...