By the 1700s, discontent had boiled over. Britain taxed the colonies for sugar, tea and alcohol. American anger rose with ...

America's beekeepers watched as a third of the country's honeybee colonies were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply. The annual survey ...

Zitterbart told USA Today the colonies don't "have a real impact on the overall population." However, the AP reports it does give scientists an understanding of where these colonies are going.

On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress formally changed the name of their new nation to the “United States of America,” rather than the “United Colonies,” which was in regular use at ...

On this day in history, Sept. 9, 1776, the United States of America were formally created by the Second Continental Congress, in a "unanimous declaration." ...

On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the story began - with taxes, tea, and tariffs.