After the Battles of Lexington and Concord near Boston in April 1775, the colonies went to war. Washington appeared at the Second Continental Congress in a…

After Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration on July 4, a handwritten copy was sent a few blocks away to the printing shop of…

First called the Office of Indian Affairs, the agency was created as a division in 1824 within the War Department. Similar agencies had existed in the…

The Delaware Constitution of 1776 was the first governing document for Delaware state government and was in effect from its adoption in September 1776 until replaced…

Early American currency went through several stages of development in the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. Because few coins were minted in the…

The Model Treaty, or the Plan of 1776, was created during the American Revolution and was an idealistic guide for foreign relations and future treaties between…

The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms was a document issued by the Second Continental Congress on July 6, 1775, to explain…

The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28, 1776) was the state’s first constitution following the Declaration of Independence, and has been described as the most…

In the early years of the North American colonies, many attempts were made to initiate a postal service. These early attempts were of small scale and…

The Maryland Constitution of 1776 was the first of four constitutions under which the U.S. state of Maryland has been governed. It was that state’s basic…