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The Declaration of Independence has some notes about “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” its existing government ...

Ahead of the celebration of Independence Day, Edward Furton, publications director for The National Catholic Bioethics Center ...

In 1852, nearly a century after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

The promise of America, July Fourth, Independence Day, is not only in the fireworks, cookouts and family bonding that we all ...

God’s role is often downplayed or ignored in the Declaration, with three godly references that altered history and remain ...

Today marks the 249th anniversary of our nation’s courageous separation from Great Britain. But did you know they have the ...