Long before the Declaration of Independence was signed, tensions between the colonies and Great Britain were already boiling over. Events like the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the battles ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...

If you look at a map of the 13 colonies, you may notice something rather odd. Between New York and New Hampshire, there is a sliver of land that wasn’t included. It looks like Vermont was simply not ...

This Declaration didn't just shake things up domestically; it also caught the attention of foreign governments. The Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778 was a key outcome. The Netherlands joined the ...

Why were the British Caribbean colonies left out of the Revolution? Slavery explains it. We’ve been learning about the 13 colonies all our lives, so why did no one think to mention the British ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - While we celebrate this independence day, it is important to know Georgia’s part in America’s founding. 249 years ago, Georgia was among the original 13 colonies to declare ...

Mary Randolph, an in-law of the Jefferson family who was influenced by enslaved cooks and traditions of European immigrants, didn’t change Southern cooking with her 1824 cookbook … she originated it ...

When the thirteen colonies declared independence in 1776, they turned to Great Britain’s rival France for aid. At first, France provided only clandestine support. It feared that publicly siding with ...