How did the colonies believe they should be governed?

The American colonies believed they should be governed with the same rights and privileges as English citizens, including the right to representation in Parliament and the right to trial by jury. They also believed that the British Parliament should not be able to impose taxes on them without their consent.

What is the value of a 1861 quarter?

What is the value of an 1815 US half dollar?

Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and explorer responsible for finding, in 1500, the lands belonging to Brazil. He was born in 1467 at Belmonte Castle, in Beira Baixa, Portugal. His family, the Cabrais, was an ancient and wealthy Portuguese noble family. The Cabrais were of the line
The war of the two brothers:division and fall of the Inca Empire
On July 26, 1533, the last ruler of the Inca empire, Atahualpa, was executed by the Spanish with a garrote (device used to strangle prisoners). His death meant the end of the great Inca empire and the beginning of the Spanish conquest of that region of South America. Only a year before, Atahualpa ha
The Immortality of Bolognesi in the Morro de Arica
One of the most dramatic episodes took place in Arica, on June 7, 1880. Here, some testimonies. The Chief of the General Staff of the Plaza de Arica, the Peruvian Manuel C. de la Torre, testifies to that sublime dedication:“... Inch by inch and with determined effort, our positions were defended up
LIMA CULTURE (100 BC- 600 AD)
LOCATION: This culture developed in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers. To the north it reached the valley of the Chancay River and to the south to the Mala Valley, to the west it bordered the Pacific Ocean and to the east, to the first foothills of the Andes mountain range beyond Sa