On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document declared the 13 American colonies free from the British rule.Prior to this, this region was ...

No need to grab a map, it's time to learn the states in order of statehood. On Dec. 7, 1787 , Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, according to the Census Bureau.

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...

The latest volume in the series of The Story of the Nations" is a creditable and valuable work. The two volumes have been prepared for the purpose of telling the story of the American Colonies in ...

The 13 colonies were all part of the British Empire, but they had many differences, ... RFK Jr. react after Trump signs order to declassify JFK, MLK assassination files.

July 4, 2012— -- intro: Independence Day is not all barbecue and fireworks. So we pause here for a bit of history, with the 13 original colonies in mind (in the order of their founding ...

All other colonies that wished to join the nascent nation would have to get approval from 9 of the U.S.’s 13 states. Canada, of course, never took the U.S. up on its offer. Still, the proposal ...

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.

The country’s founding came out of thirteen separate colonies, which had one important thing in common: a belief that Christianity was the basis for the cultural, social, and political order of ...

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