Don't get all cocky, you 13 original colonies. Yes, yes, 250 years, congratulations, enjoy the cake.

Britain controlled vast tracts in North America beyond the original 13 Colonies. And the American invasion of Canada played a role in the final political settlement.

Wednesday marks the 163rd anniversary of the end of slavery in the Dutch colonies and Keti Koti celebrations are underway around the country. Slavery was formally abolished in the former colonies of ...

Freedom for whom? July 4, 2026 marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress in 1776, announcing that the 13 American colonies free from British ...

Patriotism,” said Samuel Johnson in 1775, “is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” In light of July 4 and our 250th anniversary, ...

A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the country ...

Americans have come up with a variety of interesting and unexpected ways to celebrate the Fourth of July over the last 250 years!

While women in New Jersey had few rights, they stepped up during the Revolution, caring for troops, loading cannon in battle, ...

Historians say Albany's first public Declaration reading came during violent political turmoil that split families, neighbors ...

In 1776, Southwest Florida was a British colony with stronger cultural and economic ties to Havana than to the American ...

This year, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Providence Journal is taking a look at how everyday life ...