The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain.

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original ... (Jefferson was far from the only slave owner in the Continental Congress; a full third of the delegates, from both ...

the Continental Army and the militia in the service of Congress became known collectively as the Army of the United States, instead of the Army of the United Colonies. Declaration of Independence ...

The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy ... Historian Pauline Maier discovered that by July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to separate from Britain, 90 provincial ...

The Charlotte Museum of History Meck Dec 250 exhibit open to the public May 20 and runs through March. Admission to the ...

May 10 and 11 hold a significant place in history, marked by events that have shaped nations, influenced cultures, and ...

Footage of President Trump being asked what the Declaration of Independence means to him has gone viral on social media, ...

Discussions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence resulted in some minor changes, but the spirit of the document went unchanged. The process of revision by the Continental Congress began ...

What the delegates of the Second Continental Congress saw before his arrival there in 1780 were Hanson’s having convinced Maryland to subscribe to the Declaration of Independence, four years later his ...

It was 250 years ago this week that the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia to organize America’s rebellion ...

On May 15, 1776, the fifth Virginia Convention meeting in Williamsburg passed a resolution calling on their delegates at the ...