In a move of profound symbolic and practical importance, the Continental Congress formally adopted “United States of America” as the official name of the new nation.

On this day 250 years ago, a mighty assembly of statesmen, thinkers, lawyers, and patriots gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to formally convene a revolutionary body to ...

The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that point as the “United Colonies.” A resolution presented to the Continental Congress in June 1776 stated “these United ...

July 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain. In 1826, in one of history's notable ...

The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain. The ...

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. It took one member of the small drafting committee—a tall, quiet, ...

On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress assigned five delegates to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. The Committee included Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, John Adams ...

(WDBJ) - The first Continental Congress assembled September 5, 1774. The meeting came after Great Britain levied high taxes and passed a series of laws. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies were ...

On May 10, 1775, South Carolina’s five delegates to the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia with representatives from 11 other colonies. The South Carolina Provincial Congress had ...

Jane Hampton Cook, a presidential historian and the author of "Battlefield Blessings: Stories of Faith & Courage from the Revolutionary War," told Fox News Digital about the food choices of the ...