How well do you know your U.S. history? It might have been awhile since your eighth-grade civics class, so we're giving you a brush up on Colonial events with a real estate twist this Independence Day ...

Students will be introduced to the 13 colonies and they'll learn how people dressed. Students will be introduced to the 13 colonies. They’ll compare and contrast how people dressed in colonial times ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled and the differences between the ...

The original 13 colonies of the United States were the foundations of the country's freedom and identity. Established by Great Britain along the east coast of North America during the 17th and 18th ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a ...

Every American knows about the original 13 colonies that rebelled against England and became the United States. In the 1770s, however, they weren't England's only holdings in North America. They were ...