Among other things, it created a map of areas at high risk of fire. But that map led to a huge backlash from property owners, a backlash so strong that a few weeks ago, the state Senate voted ...

All other colonies that wished to join the nascent nation would have to get approval from 9 of the U.S.’s 13 states ... back out of the footnotes. A map of British America showing the original ...

What it should be is fast. At only 13.7km there shouldn’t be significant gaps between the big favourites, but with fewer serious mountain showdowns in this race - particularly, fewer summit ...

About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive ... made to give separately the record of the thirteen colonies from the time each was settled to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — 249 years ago Sunday, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to formally declare its independence from Great Britain. On May 4, 1776, delegates gathered ...

The declaration is essentially a document formally announcing the separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Colonial super power Great Britain. Not exactly a moment of peace, more of a middle finger to ...