History exhibits take us back in time, but they cannot escape the moment in which they were created. That is to say, every ...

It was Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. In the few years prior, the colonies’ faraway owner, Britain, had imposed taxation without representation and the so-called Intolerable Acts; colonists ...

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ties with Great Britain and opened the door for ...

On June 7, 1776, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution stating “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are ...

There are no counties named for him at all. Virginia had the largest population of the 13 colonies in 1776 at 747,610. It was followed by Pennsylvania at 434,373, and Massachusetts at 378,787.

According to USA TODAY, many original signers didn't even write their names on the official document until Aug. 2, 1776. In fact, it would take six months to acquire all 56 signatures.

Investigate the origins of the Great Awakening, a religious revival that swept the American colonies in the 1740s and 1750s. At its root was a new relationship between worshipers and their ...