Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States ... Lee's words were the impetus for the drafting ...

Loyalist families were driven from their homes and sent into exile from the United States during the American ... and was now British, the Thirteen Colonies were going through their own tortured ...

North Carolina, which was at one time combined with South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and ... in charge of voting Best States is an interactive ...

but they were the ones where colonists eventually pushed back against British rule and designed their own version of ...