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 ...

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The Patriots themselves were named after the colonial Americans who rebelled against the British Empire's control of the ...

President Joe Biden has managed this national divide by marking both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in separate White House proclamations. But rather than divide up for rival civic holidays, ...

About 13 years after unification ... were unequal and led to abuse of the local population. In German colonies, slave labor, ...

Many Americans don't want to hear it, but the Electoral College is a uniquely damaging system that wildly distorts the will of the voter, yields crazy outcomes and suppresses participation.

It’s too early to tell what implications his 2024 presidential return will have, but they will be felt worldwide ...

Lee's words were the impetus for the drafting of a formal ... when the Declaration was officially adopted. Of the 13 colonies, nine voted in favor of the Declaration, two -- Pennsylvania and ...

Two others were convicted of manslaughter ... In response, 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia to draft a united response. John Adams, a ...

[7] Some colonies were very strict in their use of the death ... and reduced the number of capital offenses from thirteen to two. Virginia and Kentucky passed similar reform bills.

The response from followers – including apologies and even shame at not knowing this history – has led me to write The ...

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 ...