The 13 colonies were all part of the British Empire, but they had many differences, from the colonists' views on religious freedom to how they educated their children.

A widely-known fact about the City of Wilkes-Barre is that its named after John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, members of the British Parliament who supported the American colonies during the American ...

The village of Sleepy Hollow made famous by Washington Irving’s story of the headless horseman is a real place. It lies on ...

President-elect Trump recently remarked Canada should be the “51st state” of the United States. Along with comments about ...

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks about his ambitions for buying Greenland from Denmark and retaking the Panama Canal ...

this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the public Julia Binswanger The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare independence ...

Historic Philadelphia, Inc. is working with Carpenters’ Hall to host a series of tea party events with a hint of history for ...

2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so ... Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A small American Airlines jet collided with ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

The French can ball. Led by burgeoning 21-year-old French superstar Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs are in Paris this week to ...

The comedian Louis C.K. has a bit about the word Jew being an unusual word—it can be both the perfectly correct term for a ...