Afterthought, and judgment by modern standards, have strongly influenced the treatment accorded to the War of American Independence by the majority of historians: their attitude to the British conduct ...

Over the course of many months, the Founding Fathers would work on the Declaration of Independence until it was officially ...

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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.

President Trump to sign an executive order establishing "Task Force 250" to plan the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Fox News Digital learned.

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In spite of the outbreak of war in 1775, the legislatures of the American colonies were only gradually persuaded to demand independence; the Declaration was not finally agreed until 4 July 1776. The ...

The American colonists did not have representatives ... colonies to defeat the British and, in 1781, the war ended. Britain recognized the independence of the United States two years later.

The country people lined the road... and their numbers hourly increasing, they annoyed the Regulars exceedingly...’ American revolutionaries had made ‘an appeal to arms’ at Lexington and Concord; but ...

In spite of the outbreak of war in 1775, the legislatures of the American colonies were only gradually persuaded to demand independence; the Declaration was not finally agreed until 4 July 1776. The ...