Ordinary colonists, the farmers, churchgoers, local leaders, pushed back against injustice by the British Crown.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median ...

American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...

At the beginning of the 1700s, newspapers were a fairly new concept in the American colonies. But by the end of the century, they had truly become the mass media of the day, with growing influence in ...

Bernard Bailyn, an influential and significant historian of the American colonial period, passed away last week at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. The cause of death was heart failure. He was 97.

The United States of America will celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026. These nine words were used in colonial times.