Afterthought, and judgment by modern standards, have strongly influenced the treatment accorded to the War of American Independence by the majority of historians: their attitude to the British conduct ...

Trump signed an executive order related to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American independence.

How many of these Declaration of Independence facts do you know? As the 4th of July nears, Americans may be curious about the ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental ... another English declaration of war, the French had been supporting the American army in secret.

In a new novel from co-authors Lila Cain, 'The Blackbirds of St Giles' explores this lesser-known part of London's 19th ...

President Trump to sign an executive order establishing "Task Force 250" to plan the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Fox News Digital learned.

In spite of the outbreak of war in 1775, the legislatures of the American colonies were only gradually persuaded to demand independence; the Declaration was not finally agreed until 4 July 1776. The ...

The American colonists did not have representatives ... colonies to defeat the British and, in 1781, the war ended. Britain recognized the independence of the United States two years later.

The country people lined the road... and their numbers hourly increasing, they annoyed the Regulars exceedingly...’ American revolutionaries had made ‘an appeal to arms’ at Lexington and Concord; but ...