How did British colonists learn they were citizens of the United States of America in July and August 1776? The news spread through broadsides enclosed in letters, newspapers passed between neighbors...
On the fourth day of May in 1776, the General Assembly of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations cast aside their colonial shackles and declared themselves independent. The declaration came in...
The Dunlap Broadside from Early American Imprints According to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, there are 26 known copies of the "Declaration of Independence," which is often...
