Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo presenting the recently ...

and to provide new Guards for their future security . . . Why was Locke so influential in the American struggle for independence? No political author was cited more frequently. Ministers quoted ...

Many people know the gist of it: It’s the day that commemorates the American colonies ... from Britain on July 2, 1776 If you ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England ... a national holiday to commemorate the day the United States laid down its claim to be a free and independent nation.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, marking the United States’ formal succession from Great Britain. The Declaration contained revolutionary language, ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, ...

Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare piece of American history: a 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence. Scheduled to hit the block in a ...

There’s no need to pull a Nicolas Cage this time. A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction block on January 24 at Sotheby’s. Known as the Essex Broadside, the ...