A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope; this explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Servants ...

Established in 1699 as the capital of the Virginia colony, Williamsburg is an internationally recognized hub of American colonial history. Its historic center features hundreds of 18th-century ...

The course surveys major developments in the economic history of North America between 1600 and 2000. Colonial development; the American Revolution; Early North American Industry; Slavery; Westward ...

Colonial Williamsburg, which is in the Tidewater region of Virginia, is the world’s largest living history museum, offering ...