The First Nations The first peoples to settle what is modern-day Canada were Paleo-Indians who had crossed the Bering Straits (at that time dry land, with sea levels lower then today during the last Ice Age) from Siberia sometime between 35,000 BCE and 10,500 BCE. These groups specialized in hunting the giant mammals (“megafauna”) such […]
Seven Years War
The United States of America – I
The American Revolution Background The Great War for the Empire, 1754-1763 (otherwise known as the French and Indian War, or in Britain as the Seven Years’ War) eliminated French power from North America and extended British power to all territories east of the Mississippi river. Ironically, the completeness of the British victory set the scene […]
Colonial North America
Early colonization The Spanish had long been in control of Mexico, and claimed a huge swathe of territory reaching from high into what is now the USA, by the time the first English colonies were being planted on the eastern seaboard of North America. At the same time, the French were installed along the banks of […]
European World Empires
Contents Introduction Discoveries Conquistadors Colonial Rivalries The Colonization of North America and the Caribbean The Seven Years War The Revolutionary Wars Industrialized Imperialism The Scramble for Africa (and other places) The High Imperial Age The Decline of European Empires Introduction This is an introductory article to an astonishing chapter in world history. It deals with […]