The Revolutionary War was about many things — self-governance being at the core — but a major driver was access to land. The British restricted colonists’ migration westward across the Appalachian ...

Depending on how it’s told, a story a quarter of a millennium old can still feel fresh.

Georgia Day marks the 1733 founding of the last of the original 13 British colonies. In the American Revolutionary War, ...

The first morning of 1776 dawned mercifully warm and clear over Virginia’s port of Norfolk, a welcome change after the snow and bitter cold of December. It should have been a fine day for visiting ...

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

Limited-edition gold and silver commemoratives have a dual date, 1776-2026, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first time the country had to gather itself, it wasn’t a country yet. It was a string of British colonies, distinct and often ...