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 ...

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

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

Beginning in 1775, leaders of the 11 colonies began issuing currency for the entire group. The first notes were authorized on ...

There would not be an American Revolution that united all of the 13 colonies that became the United States. The Dutch and Swedish governments would have ruled the most significant cities that were ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It was a rough start on the roads Friday morning for drivers on two heavily-traveled freeways. One incident was a recurring issue in Houston: an 18-wheeler again hit the ...

Houston has at least 170 "dangerous" buildings, including run-down apartments, a burned-down restaurant, an old HISD school, and most recently, the building where a firefighter died after a wall ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

That brings us to discussion of the historic event that just concluded in Philadelphia — the Continental Congress, the ...

The Hamilton baronetcy, of Marlborough House, Portsmouth in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 26 August 1776 for John Hamilton, He was a captain in the Royal ...