Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

In 1764 he published The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ... an attack on the institution of slavery into the Anglo-American debate on liberty from Britain.

By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...

During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against Britain in 1775 to achieve their freedom, declaring ...

and British and American troops had battled for the first time at Bunker Hill. Revolutionary sentiment had been brewing throughout the American colonies for some time and was near boiling in the ...