In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...

The three civil wars were fought between supporters of the English monarch, then Charles I, and Parliament ... London who specializes in 17th century British political history but was not involved ...

Bur during the early years of the 17th century, the English generally viewed ... Still, rival English merchants were not amused. In 1698, Parliament yielded to their demands and opened the slave ...

In the 1640s and 1650s, Puritans were in charge of Parliament. They introduced laws to enforce, what they believed to be, an appropriate Christian lifestyle: In the 16th century, most people ...