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

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

By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the nation's founding.

The Declaration of Independence is a foundational document in American history. It was officially adopted by the Second ...

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political ...

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

It Was America’s First English Colony. Then It Was Gone. Two decades before Jamestown, settlers arrived in what is now North Carolina. What happened to them is a mystery, but there are some clues.

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Poplar Forest took families back centuries to celebrate America's independence this July 4.