How did New England colony make money? Fishermen, whaling operators, shipbuilders, traders and naval supplies were among the economic activities in New England. Despite most of the land being hilly ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

Domesticated apples made their passage to the New England colonies from England and eventually made their way into golden, flaky pie crusts. And with this marriage of ingredients, the sweet ...

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES By A Crown Colony Servant For Twenty Years. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this ...

Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named Boston. Life was hard, but in this stern and unforgiving place they were free to worship as they ...

In the middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, education was mostly done by the churches. This system was to go on in the New England colonies well into the 1700s, and the same ...

New England once held some of Australia’s early viticulture plantings from the penal colony era of the early 19th century. Although the grapes produced in this area have long been regarded for their ...