Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

The work of a shy, studious bachelor in his early 50s, the book ran to almost 1,100 pages. It was “An Inquiry into the Nature ...

The famous warning from Paul Revere's midnight ride is mostly a myth. Here's what he actually said on the night the American ...

The Christmas pudding, a legacy of the British Empire, is enjoyed around the world -- including in former British colonies. esp_imaging/iStock via Getty Images Plus As an American living in Britain in ...

British soldiers with objects looted from the royal palace during the military expedition to Benin City in 1897 (via Wikimedia Commons) Melancholy, Paul Gilroy once argued, is a common reaction to ...

British colonial rule in Nigeria lasted for decades, shaping the country’s political, economic, and social structures. Today, several places across Nigeria still bear the marks of this era, from ...

LONDON (AP) — After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain’s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an ...

HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) - Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is ...