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

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 ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

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

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

Instead, it lit the fuse of revolution. Donald Trump announces deal to end Republican revolt Darius Rucker unexpectedly ends Atlantic City show mid-set: ‘I've never done this before’ Army veteran and ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

In 1942, the British Empire lost much of this power in India, leading to events that eventually dismantled the Empire. Krishna Kumar studies, evaluates, and analyzes events in Indian history with ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

Shahzia Sikander's "The Last Post," a video installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, mesmerizes as an abstracted examination of colonialism.

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 ...

As the US celebrates its 249th Independence Day, a mix of festive celebrations and political protests marks the occasion.