By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with ...

Trapping, neutering, vaccinating and returning feral cats to the wild means they remain healthy and disease-free, and the colonies eventually die out, says Becky Robinson,co-founder of Alley Cat ...

On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress formally changed the name of their new nation to the “United States of America,” rather than the “United Colonies,” which was in regular use at ...

On this day in history, Sept. 9, 1776, the United States of America were formally created by the Second Continental Congress, in a "unanimous declaration." ...

Watch and learn about the territorial evolution of the United States through this animated GIF and explanatory narration. Find out how the country's territorial organization evolved from the ...

"It dawned on us, and we would have had to have been pretty foolish not to have noticed, that these places look like colonies — colonies within the United States," Edin told CBS MoneyWatch.

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 ...

On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the story began - with taxes, tea, and tariffs.