The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

Occultism and nation-building have been strangely intertwined, particularly in the gestation of America, writes Ed Simon ...

The hysteria that began in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Salem between 1692-1693, claimed the lives of 25 people, most by ...

Established by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony as West Hoosac in 1750, the original settlement was conceived as a strategic move to protect the northwest corner of the colony.

An account from John Winthrop, then-governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recounts her trial and eventual hanging. This was in 1648, making Jones the first person to ever be executed for ...

Another colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a group of English Puritans, later arrived and eventually absorbed Plymouth to form one royal colony.

Another colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a group of English Puritans, later arrived and eventually absorbed Plymouth to form one royal colony.