Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world ...

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By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

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On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies ... That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown ...

Great Britain was not alone in this line of thinking. The French, Spanish, and Portuguese competed with the British for colonies under the belief that no great nation could exist and be self ...

With the world in kind of the state it’s in, the time for learning about civil debate has never been more important, so the ...

The war involved people from all over the world. Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary all ruled empires. Their colonies sent supplies, food and soldiers to help in the war effort.