The American empire has existed since July 4, 1776 when it was declared as colonial elites revolted against the British in a quest to expand their territory across the mainland of North America.

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This ...

North Carolina, first of the colonial governments to call for complete independence from Great Britain through the Halifax Resolves, has events this month in conjunction with the nation's celebration ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Central America won independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, spent two years as part of the Mexican Empire, and then nearly two decades as a fragmented federal republic.

Vol. I. deals with the chartered colonies and the beginnings of self-government, closing with King Philip's war. Volume II. brings the history down to the Yemassee war, in 1717. Prof.

Two hundred forty-nine years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to separate the American colonies from ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

These principles were not revolutionary but “ancient” and universal, they argued. “By one Statute it is declared, that Parliament can ‘of right make Laws to bind us in all Cases whatsoever,’” their ...

In 1774, British North America included 20 colonies — not only the 13 most U.S. schoolchildren are familiar with but also Quebec, four maritime colonies, East and West Florida, and Bermuda ...