The fighting would rage on until April of 1783. The Treaty of Paris: America was not actually recognized as an independent nation until The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783.

The military phase of the revolution, known as the American Revolutionary War, raged from 1775 to 1783. The independence was formally recognised in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets named after U.S. presidents. Previous articles have reported how 16 streets ...

A significant letter written by founding father Thomas Jefferson sold Friday for the asking price of $90,000 and will return to Maryland, the state where it was penned 242 years ago. The letter, ...

Britain formally recognized American independence on September 3, 1783, with the Treaty of Paris. In 1788–89, George Washington was elected as the first US president.

We celebrate the Fourth of July with parades, family time and BBQs but it’s an often-forgotten fact that when the Declaration ...

The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Union has introduced a new interactive way to explore the history of McHenry County. Visitors can immerse themselves in the county's past through ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo.

Libby was one of four dams envisioned by the Columbia River Treaty, a 1964 US-Canada agreement to manage dams on the trans-boundary Columbia River basin.

Lithuania has notified the United Nations it is leaving the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, its foreign minister posted on X on Friday.

Europe News: HELSINKI: Finland's parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic cou.

In the early months of the American Revolution, Daniel Morgan and his soldiers raced north to join the Continental Army ...