Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Colonial America is more than a chapter in a textbook, it's a living, breathing world scattered across ...

Outraged by the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies decided to meet in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, for the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median ...

It was Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. In the few years prior, the colonies’ faraway owner, Britain, had imposed taxation without representation and the so-called Intolerable Acts; colonists had ...

In response to surcharges on imports such as glass, paint, and tea, the colonists refused to buy these products.

Starting in the 15th century, Portugal began exploring the African coast searching for a shorter route for trade with Asia. Not to be outdone, Spain sponsored Columbus’ voyage due west and discovered ...

Paul was the seventh of 10 children of Cuffe Slocum, an African carpenter, and Ruth Moses, a native Wampanoag Indian. Paul Cuffe’s father was given his freedom in 1745 by his Quaker master in ...

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the ...