The monarch allegedly said the U.K. would follow the U.S. in its "muscular return to colonialism” amid Venezuela and ...

Andrew Jack in his discussion with Ken Burns (“We don’t grasp our history”, Film, Arts, December 29) about his new ...

Reiterating the liberal ideals behind the revolution may be tricky when they are out of favour in the White House ...

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Thomas Paine’s writing continued to support the Revolution, but once it reached a favorable conclusion, Paine returned to ...

In 1823, America was a nation whose military was inferior to any of the major (or even minor) European powers and that ...

The US’ independence and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations both complete 250 years in 2026, and hold fascinating insights on the ...

In her book, He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada, which was published in September 2025, Drohan ...

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

The United States is a relatively young country, speaking in the grander scope of things. That said, it is a […] ...

Where was America founded? The U.S. Constitution was drafted at the 1789 Congress in Philadelphia — the same place where the ...

Paine’s timing for “Common Sense,” the first widely-read pamphlet proposing independence rather than pleading for rights and ...