As George Orwell, the celebrated British author and social commentator, wrote in a 1944 newspaper column, “History is written by the winners.” According to my late Aunt Herta, U.S. history is ...

Here’s how he became the last king of America ... most of the American colonies sent delegates to the Continental Congress in September 1774 to respond to what they called Parliament’s ...

In 1774, after years of unfair taxation and imperial control, complaints against the British crown had reached a fever pitch in the 13 American colonies. War had begun to look inevitable and so ...

The First Continental Congress, 1774 is a mural at Great Experiment ... for assistance from the other 12 colonies of British America. After much discussion, the delegates resolved to create ...

University of Maryland History Professor Richard Bell talked about what was going on in the American colonies in 1776. In 1774, Englishman Thomas Paine arrived in America as the conflict between ...

"Across North America, colonists rose in solidarity ... and by late spring 1774, nine of the colonies called for a continental congress. Virginia’s Committee of Correspondence is largely ...

Explore the reasons behind Canada's decision not to join the American Revolution. This video delves into the cultural and religious differences between Quebec and the Thirteen Colonies, the impact of ...

Britain’s control of the original 13 colonies, which came into being with the founding of Georgia in 1732, took place in the context of competition among European powers to colonize North America.

Here's a finding that would have made for great occupy sign last year: American income inequality may be more severe today than it was way back in 1774 ... across the 13 colonies than anywhere ...

the Representatives of the united States of America … solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States." The United States ...