Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like before the park was established in 1949? Independence Hall sits now ...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since gaining independence in 1776, its territory has expanded approximately 11-fold, and the population surged 135-fold. It became the ...