The leaders of the first successful colonial revolution put their names to the American Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776.

The landscape of Britain is seared with the chalk figures of giants ... The figure also, according to a sketch from 1776, once brandished a scythe in one hand. From amiable rambler to Grim Reaper – ...

Abigail Adams proved a peerless patriot in the American Revolution with "a spirit that will not be conquered" while ...

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain. Approximately 20 percent of the members of Congress were opposed to separation ...

'The Hay Wain' (1821) by John Constable (1776–1837) will be familiar to many as capturing quintessential English life in the Suffolk countryside. But does this familiarity stop us from seeing how ...

Dror, Ythezkel 1984. ON BECOMING MORE OF A POLICY SCIENTIST. Review of Policy Research, Vol. 4, Issue. 1, p. 13.

America declared its independence from Great Britain. In order to fully understand the significance of Independence Day and what happened in 1776, we need to go back in history a bit. Before ...

Opinion: The Third Amendment emerged out of American colonists' grievances against the British Crown for forcing them to ...

I work on early modern Britain, the British Empire, and the Atlantic World, with particular interests in religion, empire, and revolution. I teach classes in those fields, as well as in European and ...

Jews will celebrate Passover in the shadow of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel – and amid the largest surge in antisemitism ...