The first widespread agreement across the American Colonies dealt with economic independence from British trade and taxation.

Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm across and is made of pewter, minted in 1776, according to SWNS. "This coin represents a discovery that is in the ...

Similarly, the earlier flag of Great Britain can be seen fluttering over the Tower of London in this 1776 engraving. When the Union Flag was officially adopted in 1801, it became a royal flag.

The British army and navy, in a stunning display of global force projection and military logistics, invaded Brooklyn by sea and launched the defeat of George Washington's army in New York City on ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the ... The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 19th century engraving after an 18th ... [+] century painting by John Trumbull.

What Happened at Kent State? This English philosopher had a hand in two of the greatest political revolutions for human freedom in world history. That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten ...

"On June 25, 1776, the Continental Congress authorized ... between 2014 and 2016 feature a mistake from the US Bureau of ...

One show on Broadway is making—and re-making—history every night. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical 1776 has catapulted to blazing new life in a thrillingly new production, and New York ...

In 1776, Watt launched his own steam engine ... The popularity of the engine made Watt a very wealthy man. An engraving showing child labour in a Welsh coal mine. The child on the left is a ...

"A naval spectacle of more than 90 vessels filled the Narrows [of New York Harbor]," wrote the late historian David McCullough in the book "1776," his seminal work of the most formative year in ...

One show on Broadway is making—and re-making—history every night. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical 1776 has catapulted to blazing new life in a thrillingly new production, and New York ...