Check out this site that will provide you will a deep understanding of Ottawa. From the days of its founding to the late 1800's era, all can be found here. This site includes interesting pictures.

Check out this site that will provide you will a deep understanding of Ottawa. From the days of its founding to the late 1800's era, all can be found here. This site includes interesting pictures.

Fordham University provides the text of a British petition given to the Parliament asking that radical reforms be made.

Chartism was an English working class radical movement centered on a 'People's Charter" (1837) of six points. In 1838 a national Petition was collected and submitted to Parliament.

Extensive photo gallery with beautiful images covering a variety of topics such as nature, Parliament, provinces, geography, and cities taken by photogapher Richard McGuire.

Before writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson made his views known through "A Summary View of the Rights of British America" and other essays. This essay discusses the historical roots of independence and inalienable...

Read about how the colonies were discovering that they had more clout by acting together than acting as individual colonies. The Stamp Act Congress and the resulting Stamp Act Resolves helped them band together to resist the acts passed...

Gives a brief explanation of the technique in the context of parliament procedure. Also provides an example of a time it happened in the British Parlament.

This site provides the complete text of the second Quartering Act, passed by British Parliament in 1774.

This site provides the full text of the Quartering Act passed by British Parliament in 1774.

Read thirteen extracts from the English Bill of Rights covering limitation of the royal authority, empowering Parliament to levy taxes, and establishing legislative representation.

An article describing the historical background to the Abolitionist movement in England, giving details on the slave trade and more.

Time line beginning with the birth of James Oglethorpe and ending with his death. Focuses on major events in the history of colonial Georgia, including the granting of the charter by King George and the settlement in Savannah.

Read about the development of the current government of Madagascar and the recent political climate. You can find a list of the current governmental officials. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Excerpted from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal, this essay offers details of Thomas Jefferson's life and his long and varied career.

A article about the checkered reign of Charles II of England. Archived.

On the menu, click "Arthurian Legend," then "Le Morte D'Arthur" for a summary of the story beginning at the point of the knights' discovering the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere.

A brief overview of how England tried to assert its power over the colonists in pre-revolution America.

Encyclopedia article about the the Port Act and the reaction of North Carolinians to it.

Shortly after the swearing-in of Sierra Leone's new president, Ernest Bai Koroma, in 2007, violence occurred between his supporters and those of the opposition. The situation and Koroma's response are described in this article. [20...

Just prior to the Sierra Leone election of 2007, the Special Court of Sierra Leone found the last two Kamajor indictees guilty of war crimes. The impact of these trials on the upcoming elections is analyzed in this article. [Published...

Charles I (1625-1649) was a far abler ruler than his father. He was a man of greater courage and more dignity of character, but he had been trained from infancy in the belief of his divine right to fule, and he chose ministers who...

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...

A map of England and Wales as they were on December 9th, 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...