Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum, a reconstructed freezeframe of life in the 18 th century. Employees wander about the town clothed in appropriate attire or situate themselves as ...

Colonial history is the study of the historical processes and impacts of colonization, when one nation or group extends control over another territory and its people. This field examines the ...

New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World By Andrew Lawler Photographs by ...