The transition to agriculture from hunting and gathering in pre-colonial North America led to changes in age-independent mortality, or mortality caused by factors that are not associated with age, ...

University of Massachusetts provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Through the early 1750s, two men in the British colony of Rhode Island – Martin Howard and Stephen Hopkins – had ...

Colonial styles -- The colonial house in New England -- New England colonial architecture -- Dutch colonial architecture, 1624-1820 -- Southern colonial architecture -- Florida and the Spanish ...

The exhibition will be on display through August 13, 2023, and feature multimedia, video animations, and 3D models that illustrate the major events of the colonial era, including a breathtaking ...

Led by George Washington, a small force of Virginia militiamen and their Native-American allies ambushes unsuspecting French soldiers, kicking off the Seven Years’ War (known in North America as the ...

Beneath the Spanish moss and beside the quiet waters of the Cape Fear River lies a place frozen in time. Brunswick Town whispers tales of colonial ambition, revolutionary courage, and Civil War ...

Monopoly X: How Top-Secret World War II Operations Used the Game to Help Allied POWs Escape, Conceal Spies, and Send Secret Codes ...

Installation shot of MFA Boston's Manning House gallery (all photos by author) At the new Art of the Americas wing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, four floors of galleries tell the story of American ...