It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence ... commissioned forces of the Continental Army under George Washington were having their first collisions.

(The Conversation) – Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence ... other complaint – Jefferson said George III had encouraged enslaved ...

Only a handful signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; they include: Benjamin Franklin, George Read, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, George Clymer, and James Wilson.

Mere days before the Declaration of Independence was signed ... a member of the elite guard responsible for protecting George Washington, was convicted of mutiny and sedition, and on the morning ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

Nick Perencevich is a retired physician and lives in Concord. An underground movement led by the likes of brewer Sam Adams and physician Joseph Warren burst armed out of the woods onto the ...

Among George's crimes: the "horrors of the human slave trade." The irony wasn't lost on Adams that the Declaration of Independence ... while Washington, who commanded America's army, owned ...