The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

Thirteen colonies become the United States of America, Sept. 9, 1776 Independence Hall, as seen in Philadelphia in May 2016, was the site of the Second Continental Congress. | AP Photo By Andrew ...

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...

The Fourth of July has been celebrated across the nation since 1776. But when — and how — did Americans across the country ...

The Fourth of July reminds us of how precious and dearly bought our freedoms are -- and why they’re worth protecting. So let ...

Since it was the first of the 13 original colonies to become a state, it has been aptly nicknamed "The First State." Its capital city is Dover . Delaware celebrated its 235th anniversary of ...

Photographer Wendel White created Manifest: Thirteen Colonies as a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public and private collections ...

Twelve of the 13 colonies had approved a resolution calling for independence on July 2, 1776. Another fun fact: Many of the original signers didn’t ink their names on the Declaration of ...