Until the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 that recognized independence of the United States of America, the name 13 colonies was used in the Great Britain to refer to the 13 states of America. These states were founded in the years between 1607 and 1733. They were colonized by Great Britain and were also known as British America. The colonies in the north started rebelling against the taxation rule [...]

A Hurricane can be described as a large tropical storm that is accompanied by heavy winds. By definition hurricanes contain winds that have a speed of 119 km per hour (74 miles per hour) and big areas of rainfall. Additionally, hurricanes can potentially spawn very dangerous tornadoes. The excessive rainfall and string winds also have the ability to produce abnormal flooding and rise in sea level. [...]

Polygons are concealed plane figures that are bound by line segments that are straight. The segments of these lines are always known as sides of the polygons. On the other hand, the intersecting areas are known as vertices. All polygons will have identical numbers of these sides just like the vertices. When it comes to the geometrical description, polygons are traditionally the plane figures that have [...]

What we think of as animation today, things like Toy Story or any of the Pixar and Disney films, took a long time to develop. Long before we reached the point where we were able to make spectacular things on screen, animations was a very primitive art form that took a long time to calculate and develop to appear right. Even the earliest cartoons were a large departure from the original forms of animation [...]

Pyramids are generally enormous structures built as tombs or graves to protect and house the bodies of pharaohs as monuments to honor them. Pyramids are historical mysteries and rank among the Seven Wonders of the World. Having stood for centuries, pyramids are full of numerous hidden secrets especially clues on the life and death of respective pharaohs in prehistoric Egypt. The Egyptians had a belief [...]

The first people to ever settle in the United States were ones that crossed over the Alaskan/Russian land bridge into the continent. They migrated about 15,000 years ago and many of the ancestors of Native Americans can be traced back to these early people. After the arrival of many Asian people to the United States, not much happened for another few thousand years. It wasn’t until 1492 that a European [...]

Britain is one of the oldest islands in the entire world and is home to almost 60 million people today. Its history is rich and vast, as some of the earliest humans were its inhabitants. Long before people made it to the far east or the west, Europe and Britain were the central hub of human life and activity. To try and cover everything that’s ever happened in Britain would take years, but herein [...]