The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia on this day in 1776, declared that the name of the newly formed nation fighting for its independence from Great Britain would be “The ...

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

THIS fourth of July will be the 249th anniversary of the Ame­ri­can Declaration of Independence. This majestic Declaration in ...

Thomas Paine, one of America’s greatest advocates ... out of their comfort zone and supporting the war of independence from Britain. With a total colonial population of a mere 2 million, Common Sense ...

Hämäläinen is Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University. His new book is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. He is also the author of The Comanche Empire ...

Today on The Indicator, we take stock of the economy of colonial America as it was in 1776, to see where it was weak and where it was strong.

Library houses replica Declarations of Independence, while local town hall is modeled on a colonial predecessor ...