How well do you know your U.S. history? It might have been awhile since your eighth-grade civics class, so we're giving you a brush up on Colonial events with a real estate twist this Independence Day ...
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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled and the differences between the ...
Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a ...
Every American knows about the original 13 colonies that rebelled against England and became the United States. In the 1770s, however, they weren't England's only holdings in North America. They were ...
The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful effort to overthrow British rule.