Before 1776: Rediscovering America’s first chapter at Jamestown

We should remember the radical ideas our Founders embraced — and return to them

The 250th anniversary of America’s founding provides an opportunity to reflect on its meaning. For the first time in history, a country was founded on the idea that humans possess inalienable rights and that the purpose of government is to protect those rights. Prior to then, nations had been created through conquest and the growth []

250 years of American independence: How the text that founded the US – and changed the world – was drafted

'America 250' (1/13). The 13 colonies had been fighting the British Crown for a year when, in July 1776, lawyer Thomas Jefferson completed the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Adopted by Congress on July 4 in Philadelphia, this document, which established the principle of equality for all – even though slavery was still legal everywhere – founded the United States of America.

America Before 250

America didn’t start with the Declaration of Independence.

What was the United States’ first capital? The cases for New York City or Philadelphia

What was the United States’ first capital?

Vermont’s first Fourth of July was no picnic

We were a newborn republic, barely six months removed from declaring itself independent, not only from Great Britain, but also from New York’s claim over the New Hampshire Grants. The post Vermont’s first Fourth of July was no picnic first appeared on Vermont Daily Chronicle. The post Vermont’s first Fourth of July was no picnic appeared first on Vermont Daily Chronicle.