Two hundred and fifty years ago, 13 colonies fought to become the founding states of a new nation. Each of them is intrinsic ...

The American Revolution is often told as a heroic story of 13 colonies rising up against a mighty empire and, with some help ...

French support for the American Revolution began well before the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. King Louis XVI ...

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 ...

Visions of America For the 250th, we asked seven leading historians to profile a founding-era American whose story has rarely been told. See the project. The Declaration of Independence announced to ...

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 ...

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 ...