1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work on rice plantations. 1739: The Stono rebellion breaks out around Charleston ...

A fresh clue to the lost colonists’ fate emerged when curators backlit this 16th-century map of what is now coastal ... defied Spanish claims to North America and arrived on Roanoke hoping ...

The one that every schoolchild learns about began in 1804, when Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their epic journey across North America ... sq mi MAPS: RYAN MORRIS ...

The heart of the site is the Grand Plaza, which is surrounded by the Central Acropolis, the North Acropolis ... The longest text in Precolumbian America, the stairway provides a history of ...

Locate them using a large map. Share any holiday photographs from pupils who have visited countries in North America such as Disney World, Florida, US and add them to a map along with other images.

It had taken more than a year for the Discovery and the Chatham to make it here after departing from Falmouth, England, on a ...

The spectre of nuclear war is casting a shadow over parts of America as ... Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming are heavily ...

These 20 maps offer an overview of the economy ... class voters and Trump maintaining his 2016 message of “Making America Great Again” by focusing on keeping American jobs for American ...

Intense wildfires in Canada have sparked pollution alerts across swathes of North America as smoke is blown south along the continent's east coast. Toronto, Ottawa, New York and Washington DC are ...

Here, you'll find the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower), the second-tallest building in North America. Most hotels and restaurants located in this area cater to business travelers ...

Whether you want to scale the tallest living sand dune on the Atlantic coast, visit the site of Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight or meander along America's Favorite Scenic Drive ...