On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

On July 4, 1776, there was a dramatic and profound change in the world. The united thirteen British colonies in North America decided that they had endured enough tyranny from King George III.

The Boston Massacre In April 1776, representatives of the thirteen rebellious colonies meeting in the Continental Congress voted to halt the slave trade. Their resolve to shut down British trade ...

Courtesy of the Historical Society of the Nyacks 1776 map of Upper Nyack’s six farms ... Valley in 1776 when the British made ...

On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted ...

In Pennsylvania, William Penn’s Great Act (1682) made passed in the colonies [sic]. By 1776, most of the colonies ... the number of capital offenses from thirteen to two. Virginia and Kentucky ...

The Declaration of Independence is the document that established the United States of America's independence from the colonial rule of Great Britain in 1776 ... up of thirteen colonies under ...

At this time British America was composed of 13 disparate colonies ruled by 13 legislatures ... Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field.

Allen Guelzo: Well, understand what the American Revolution was about and where it was about in 1775 and 1776 ... the independence of the 13 British North American colonies and the organization ...

The Fourth of July holiday remembers the day in 1776 the 13 American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming citizens' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Map of the Columbian Exchange between the New World and the ... and indigo plantations of the southern Atlantic coast from ...

Rhode Island's independent streak – it was the only state to reject ratification of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1920 – dates back to its 17th century ...