The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... However, over the course of the century, a new race-based slavery system developed, and by the ...

FISH-EATING spiders the size of human hands are on the loose in Britain – here’s a map revealing where colonies are lurking.