About 13 years after unification ... Germany ruled its colonies only about 30 years so the cultural impact was not as deep as ...

During the Revolutionary period, American money often contained messages about unity. The image of thirteen interlocking rings on Continental money was intended to illustrate the solidarity of the ...

In New France ... in the colonies and early republic. The form of Martha Ballard's diary suggests that she may have used the dated page layout of an almanac at first. September 13: British ...

As two former French colonies in Africa join the Commonwealth ... their diplomatic armoury in a bid to ease their reliance on France. They have been admitted to what was originally founded ...

As Americans cast their ballots in the Nov. 5 presidential election, we, the staff of the Kyiv Independent, ask voters in the “beacon of democracy” to consider once again why the iconic Statue of ...

For weeks, the French Caribbean island of Martinique has been the site of at-times violent protests over high living costs ...

Under the Electoral College system, states operate on a winner-takes-all basis, allowing a candidate to win all of the ...

A bloody, thirteen-year revolution ... In 1794 France built upon the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" and officially abolished slavery in its colonies. Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of ...

France, by contrast ... of them are pragmatists who are quite happy to remain colonies if the money is good. The latest example is New Caledonia, a Belgium-sized island in the South Pacific ...

France has been criticised for the "alarming" death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its "cold shower" ...

When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies. New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S ...

A survey of 2,000 drivers from 10 countries shows that motorists are the most nervous to drive in India, Venezuela and ...