William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger Williams — and planted the first apple orchards in America.

The First Continental Congress convened on on Sept.5, 1774, including delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and Founding ...

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They quickly hammered out a ...

With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...

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Unfounded claims by Donald Trump and JD Vance about Haitian immigrants ignore the role of the US in their plight. Many of ...

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Rhode Island's independent streak – it was the only state to reject ratification of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1920 – dates back to its 17th century ...