The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Learn about the Declaration of Independence, the American ...

Americans celebrate the 4th of July to honor the 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The day includes fireworks ...

Stamp Act. The first significant post-war tax imposed on the colonists was the Stamp Act of 1765. Stamps, ... The Declaration of Independence was drafted as a letter to the King.

— Declaration of Independence 3. "The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians, the sachems, the nabobs, call them by what names you please, sigh and groan and fret, and sometimes stamp ...

He signed the Declaration of Independence as “Charles Carroll of Carrollton,” a form of his name that he used to distinguish himself from a number of other Maryland Charles Carrolls.

No taxation without representation. That was the message to the King as part of our Declaration of Independence which we formally celebrate on July 4.

Today marks the 247th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and everyone remembers Thomas Jefferson, the author and a signer. But few recall another signer: George Wythe.