What is colonial America known for?

Colonial America is known for immigration to this continent from mostly European countries due to religious persecution following the reformation in Europe, and the search for religious freedom. This led to a basis for the separation of church and state in our founding constitution. read more

The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European settlements from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America in 1776. read more

That story is incomplete–by the time Englishmen had begun to establish colonies in earnest, there were plenty of French, Spanish, Dutch and even Russian colonial outposts on the American continent–but the story of those 13 colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) is an important one. read more