933, the “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.” In this extraordinary year, we have seen our own Declaration of Independence inspire the march of freedom throughout Eastern Europe.

1876 Currier and Ives lithograph of the signing of the Declaration of Independence -LAGUNA NIGUEL, Steve Bell: In 1776 Americans needed to be concerned with the consequences of their words for ...

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." On this Independence Day, we hear some ...

When Jefferson became president in 1801, he allowed the Act to expire ... the principles of the Declaration of Independence did lead to the establishment of a nation that, for the first century ...

This Fourth of July will mark the 239th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the document that birthed the nation. You may know about John Hancock’s famously large ...

The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because this direct tax imposed on the colonies by Parliament was a novel tax, meant to collect revenue. Numerous forms of communication ...

Editor's note on July 8, 2022: This story quotes the U.S. Declaration of Independence — a document that contains offensive language about Native Americans, including a racial slur. Eighteen ...

He signed the Declaration of Independence as "Charles Carroll of ... after the British government imposed the unpopular Tea Act and Stamp Act on the colonies. He was an avid supporter of George ...

In an act of patriotism and civic responsibility, National Public Radio tweeted out the full Declaration of Independence — the document that told England's King George that the 13 colonies ...

I read the Declaration of Independence in a video message annually ... While that freedom was initially limited to land-owning white men, that act of defiance, which preceded the Revolutionary ...