Two hundred and fifty years ago, the attention of Europe was on the 13 English colonies on the East Coast of North America that were in open revolt.

Following Christopher Columbus' first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492, Spain and other European countries engaged in large-scale colonization that resulted in European settlers and their ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home. In a man's worldOne of ...