On April 19, 1775, simmering tensions between Great Britain and her colonists erupted into warfare with the engagements at ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists ...

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

The American Philosophical Society's new exhibit for the 250th birthday of America documents daily life in Philadelphia ...

That whole thing about "no taxation without representation"? Those taxes were mostly import duties on goods imported from Britain.

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

Punishments in Australian penal colonies were deadly! Volkswagen stops car deliveries to US, assembled in Mexico Mouth taping is all over social media. These are the benefits North America is ...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) claimed Monday that the average American can’t even find Greenland on a map while discussing the President Donald Trump’s quest to annex the territory. Since the start ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 67 °F (19.4 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 15 mph (6.4 to 24.1 ...

A rare glimpse into American history has been unearthed: a never-before-seen British military outpost has surfaced on the Florida coast. Archaeologists in St. Augustine on the Northeast coast of ...