The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, laid the groundwork for American government and rights.

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...

The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - People in Charleston had the chance to hear the text of the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time in August 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

Matthew Spalding joined the RCP Podcast on Friday to explain why the Declaration of Independence was not merely an ...