Britain’s Stamp Act (1765) taxed everything from newspapers to playing cards, igniting colonial fury. Protesters coined the rallying cry “No taxation without representation!” ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Too often we tend to think that the Declaration of Independence was a creature which sprang to life between June 7, 1776, ...

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This powerful chronicle traces th ...

Remember Fourth of July 1776 rallying cry that launched our country’s fight against tyranny? It’s time to raise our voices ...

Three US presidents died on July 4, all nation-makers. Two of them, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day in ...

The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Learn about the Declaration of Independence, the American ...

Beneath the Independence Day pomp lies an uncomfortable, ironic truth: You’re not as free as you think, the Heritage Foundation’s Paul Mullen writes.

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...