– Not much is known of the start of piracy, but it is known that some well-known pirates began as early as the Victual Brothers, or...

Early Years: You know by now that the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci, and the Hudson River and many other northern locations...

Sadly, there are few women to report about. Most of the time, the only women that would sail were either pirates, or disguised as men....

The Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese were all very competitive to claim parts of the New World and explore its fertile...

As you may have guessed, the 13 colonies all started at different times, to later become the states of the United States. They also...

In 1724, a book was written about the exploits of two famous women pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. The book was titled, A General...

Since Giovanni da Verrazzano’s first trip to the east coast of North America, to the first French settlement at Charlesbourg-Royal, this...

It was under Francis I, King of France that exploration of the New World became essential to their expansion. French fishermen had fished...

When Massasoit - the Wampanoag chief - died, his son, Metacom - who went by the English name Philip - replaced his father. Massasoit held...

During the Reformation, the Church of England broke from the Roman Catholic Church, yet kept many of its practices. The Puritans were a...