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Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire American Declaration of Independence The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may ...

On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town ...

Walking up Lexington Avenue the other morning, past the famed 69th Regiment Armory here in New York City (just around the ...

How many of these Declaration of Independence facts do you know? As the 4th of July nears, Americans may be curious about the interesting history and trivia surrounding the holiday. Many people ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental ... another English declaration of war, the French had been supporting the American army in secret.

What: A first-day-of-issue ceremony for Battlefields of the American Revolution, new Forever stamps to commemorate the 250th ...

Edward III of England was forced to recognise Bruce's kingship and Scotland's independence. The war was won. Bruce retired to his house in Cardross near Loch Lomond and died a year later.

In his first version of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote a scathing indictment of King George for promoting slavery in the New World. The other delegates eventually removed ...