New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock ...

The salty air hung thick, carrying the promise of a new beginning. On June 12th, 1640, a small, determined group of English Puritans, weary of ...

This film is suffering from vinegar syndrome. The film "Section Sixteen" explores the history of education in America, beginning with the early settlers who prioritized survival over learning. It ...

John Winthrop’s sermon to the Puritan settlers confirmed, but did not invent, the idea of America as a new and transformative force in history. Winthrop proclaimed the new American Jerusalem would be ...

Israeli settlers have carried out several assaults against Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank over the past week, in a major escalation of settler violence in Palestinian villages.

Dodge was the great-grandson of a Revolutionary War veteran and a descendant of the Puritan settlers in Salem, Massachusetts. He worked in the logging business before establishing a farm near ...

Winthrop, who came from Groton, near Hadleigh, was one of the early Puritan settlers at what became the Massachusetts Bay colony. He led the 'Winthrop Fleet' of 11 ships - mainly Suffolk folk ...

FRANCOISE STEYNBERGWINDHOEKDespite an eviction order issued years ago, illegal residents remain in a communal conservancy and let their cattle graze there.“Our conservancy has mo If you are an active ...