In response to this 18th-century vandalism/terrorism/coercion, the British government introduced a series of punitive measures under the Coercive Acts including dissolving the colonial assembly, ...

Donald Trump tapped him as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, but now his administration has cut it to ...

“This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history. It’s our Declaration of Economic Independence,” the president, 78, said in the Rose Garden. “Factories will ...

I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” ­­— Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas ...

Longfellow's poem on Paul Revere highlights revolutionary spirit; actual events reveal collective citizen action against ...

Isaiah Thomas, a revolutionary patriot and printer of the radical Boston newspaper, The Massachusetts Spy, snuck his printing ...

Northern Ireland, which has 'special status' for the America250 programme, is aiming to promote its shared cultural ...

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

The 1700s and 1800s John H. Goodwin and George Salmon homes, Whitehall, Earle Town House, Christ Church and Soby's downtown ...

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being ...