A short history of the attempt to establish a British colony on Roanoke Island which ended with the mysterious disappearance of the colonists.

Presents key ideas for examining the roles Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson played in promoting religious toleration in colonial America.

Read about how the colony of Connecticut grew from an expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. See how Thomas Hooker's idea of government resulted in a model of colonial charters, and find out how two very different settlements in...

A series of videos accompanied by student activity sheets explore the impact of climate change on the ocean and the animals that live in and around it: sea turtles, jellies, whales, shore birds, lobsters, and coral.

The official website of the National Space Centre in England.

Henry III (1 October 1207 - 16 November 1272) was the son and successor of John "Lackland" as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first...

Henry I (c. 1068/1069 - 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his...

A map of England and Wales after the campaigns of 1644 during the first English Civil War (1642-1646) between the supporters of King Charles I and the supporters of Parliament. The map is color-coded to show the districts and places...

Henry was the only child and heir of King Henry V of England and therefore great things were expected of him from birth. He was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor, and succeeded to the throne at the age of eight months on 31 August 1422,...

A regional map of central England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows important battle sites, major rivers, and prominent mountains and hills...

A regional map of England and Wales from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet....

A regional map of northern England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows major rivers and prominent peaks with elevations in feet....

A regional map of southwestern England from 1920, showing major cities, towns, and ports, railways and canals, and counties with the county boroughs underlined in red. The map shows important battle sites, major rivers, prominent...

A map showing England and Wales.

A map of England & Wales, subtitled "Parliamentary Representation in 1832 After The Reform Bill.

A map of England and Wales in 1920, showing the counties, major cities, towns, and ports, railroads, canals, submarine cables, and rivers.

A map of England and Wales from the time of the beheading of King Charles I (1649) to 1910. This map shows counties, major cities and towns, rivers, and terrain.

A map of England and Wales from 1872, showing major cities and towns, rivers, terrain, and the ferry crossings of the Strait of Dover between Dover and Calais, and Folkestone and Boulogne.

A map of England and Wales from the period between the English Restoration established by the Declaration of Breda (Charles II, 1660) and 1892. The map is color-coded to show the English counties and the Welsh counties. Major cities,...

A map of England and Wales from 1885, showing counties, all cities and towns with a population over 100,000 at the time, railways and canals, ferry routes across the Strait of Dover, North Channel, and Irish Sea (with distance between...

A map of England, Wales, and the southern portion of Scotland in 1914, showing counties, major cities and towns, railroad and canal routes, submarine cables, rivers, and terrain. This map includes an insert of the Scilly Islands, and a...

A map of England and Wales as they were on May 1, 1643, during the First English Civil War (1642-1646). The map is color-coded to show the districts held by the King and districts controlled by Parliament in the ongoing English Civil...

A map of England and Wales as they were on November 23, 1644, during the First English Civil War (1642-1646). The map is color-coded to show the districts held by the King and districts controlled by Parliament in the ongoing English...

A map of England and Wales during the Tudor Dynasty (1485-1603) founded by Henry VII and ending at the death of Elizabeth I. The boundaries of the Welsh Counties are given as settled by the Laws in Wales Act of 1543 during the reign of...