Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Mercantilism is an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports, which ...

Rather, British policing gradually unfolds across both the British mainland and it’s colonies over the course of the 18th ... was being used in cities across England. Fear over an unprecedented crisis ...

There are new hopes to save the UK's fastest declining mammal species from extinction New colonies of the UK's fastest declining mammal species have been discovered in the uplands of south Wales.

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

Tanker carrying jet fuel struck by container shipIncident occurred in busy waterway, no malicious activity suspectedRisk of ...

In the 1660s, England passed the Acts of Trade and Navigation. Also known as the Navigation Acts, they were a series of laws designed to make American colonies more dependent on manufactured ...