History 218—The Road to the United States Civil War starts in the 1780s, after the Continental Army’s defeat of British forces at Yorktown in 1781 and the 1783 signing of the Treaty of Paris to ...

In 1783 with the Treaty of Paris, Britain finally recognized the independence that America had declared seven years earlier. Joseph Brant, a Mohawk chief, was Britain's key Indian ally during the ...

Explore collections and stories related to the founding of the United States of America from the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 to the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783.

This Tuesday isn’t just any other Tuesday – the day marks 241 years since the United States was formally recognized as an independent and sovereign nation, or what is known as National ...