Empire

Born in the West Indies; Secretary of State in the Confederate Government, Benjamin ended his career as a successful barrister in London. By Charles Curran.

Louis C. Kleber describes how the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Government at a price of just two cents an acre.

Louis C. Kleber traces the early settlement of the Palmetto State.

To encourage Britain’s Indian allies on the frontier between New England and French Canada, writes John G. Garratt, four Indian chieftains were invited to London during the reign of Queen Anne.

John M. Coleman draws a distinction betweent the Thirteen Colonies and the rest of North America.

In the spring of 1777, writes Arnold Whitridge, an ardent young French nobleman set sail from Bordeaux to avenge himself against Britain.

Traders and missionaries from Europe, writes Sarah Searight, settled on the islands many years before official annexation.

The Boers, writes R.F. Currey, made a paramount gain during the peace that followed the South African war.

Within a century, writes Sergius Yakobson, the Russians expanded over Asia from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

French expansion, writes Michael Langley, in North and West Africa during the nineteenth century was an impressive colonial achievement.