It was Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. In the few years prior, the colonies’ faraway owner, Britain, had imposed taxation without representation and the so-called Intolerable Acts ...
On July 4, 1776, in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, the local situation was significantly different from the historic events occurring in the American colonies. Honolulu, part of the island of Oʻahu ...
On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...