But out of it all survived the folk of New England, the folk that are the backbone of the American Nation. The story of these thirteen colonies is a good tonic and a good corrective.

According to the National Park Service, fireworks on the National Mall are set to begin at 9 p.m. local time on July 4. The ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

Map: The British Colonies By the early 1600s, England was eager to gain a colonial foothold on the North American continent. The first enduring settlement was founded at Jamestown in Virginia in 1607.

The conflict between Great Britain and her 13 American colonies had been brewing for some time. Americans viewed themselves as British citizens, and therefore entitled to all the rights that ...

If you’re going to watch a movie on the Fourth of July, you should watch something that says “America.” So, in honor of the original 13 American Colonies, allow us to help you find 13 Oh-So ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies into the United States of America.

Still, for people living in the 13 colonies—free or enslaved—the American Revolution changed life much less fundamentally. David K. Allison, curator emeritus, National Museum of American History.

Google's Doodle for US Independence Day features a US map across the letters of 'Google' in red, white, and blue.

In the fall of 1774, 56 men from 12 of the 13 American colonies met in Philadelphia in the First Continental Congress. It included John Adams and his cousin Samuel, Patrick Henry, John Jay and ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring the thirteen American colonies to be independent from the British ...