A chieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over the centuries, the territory of the 13 colonies was contested by ...

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...

This designation replaced the term “United Colonies,” then in general ... “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” To archivists, the fact that the phrase ...

You may know all the states in alphabetical order, but do you know them in order of statehood? The original 13 colonies entered ... No need to grab a map, it's time to learn the states in order ...

Parkinson is associate professor of history at Binghamton University and the author of Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and ... it was what united the states in the first place.

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

The United States expanded from the original 13 colonies in a series of deals that began in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Bettmann / Corbis Despite the recent unpleasantness in the real estate ...

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 ...