How many of these Declaration of Independence facts do you know? As the 4th of July nears, Americans may be curious about the ...

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.

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 ...

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

the not-yet-United States and the Kingdom of France signed a treaty of alliance as the American Colonies struggled to win their war for independence from Britain. France sent soldiers, money and ...

Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan named after Demetrios Ypsilantis, a hero in the Greek War of Independence.