Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the last 125 years, her iconic status reinforced with each re-telling ...

Uncover the complex story of how America took control of the Philippines, tracing the history from the Spanish-American War through brutal conflict, colonization, and eventual independence from ...

Entertainment The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times Feb. 19, 2025 at 10:30 am Updated Feb. 19, 2025 at 11:29 am By MOLLY QUELL ...

The death penalty has been used in the U.S. to enforce racial hierarchies since colonial times, according to a report released Tuesday by the Death Penalty Information Center.

The year 1899 was probably the zenith of imperialism in the world. The British, French, Spanish, Netherland, Belgium were the leaders in imperialism. The Spanish empire was on a rapid decline. The ...

Instead, what emerged in both domestic and international contexts was a modern adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s 1899 poem “ The White Man’s Burden.” [Ed: Published in 1899, Kipling’s “The White Man’s ...

After thirty-four years of active work, the Jewish Colonial Trust has ceded its place to its daughter company, the Anglo-Palestine Bank. Founded in 1899 by Herzl as the financial instrument of the ...

WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – Ahead of Thanksgiving, a local elementary school is learning about the colonial times. Sugar Creek Consolidated held its annual Colonial Day event on Friday ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Molly houses, places for the LGBTQ+ community to gather during colonial times, will be the focus of a free lecture on Thursday, Oct. 17, as part of the Burning of Kingston ...

However, at the same time, Great Britain as well as one by one acquired new colonies and up to 1914 became the greatest Western colonial empire and the biggest one in the world’s history having ...