On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the ...

The annual holiday marks the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The day was later signed into law on June 28, 1870 ...

That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten years before the American ... was Locke so influential in the American struggle for independence? No political author was cited more frequently.

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great ... until their deaths on the same day, July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration.

The day marks the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Celebrations are held yearly on July 4th across the country. On this special day ...

The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday, but that ...

Test your knowledge of American History and the Fourth of July with CNN’s Independence Day Quiz. And be sure to ... experience begins on Thursday, July 4, at 7 p.m. ET on CNN.

This is where it all began in 1776 with the signing ... You will definitely want to see its Independence Day edition (which, note, doesn't always fall on the date of July 4) after appeasing ...

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great ... until their deaths on the same day, July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration.