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The Declaration of Independence 1776
Image by Nicha Sursock

The Declaration of Independence 1776

A gouache on paper painting titled The Declaration of Independence 1776 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Philip Livingston, John Adams, George Washington...
Queen Anne's War
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Queen Anne's War - When Europe's Succession Dispute Ignited American Frontiers

Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) was the second major colonial conflict in North America, fought between the colonies of England – Great Britain after 1707 – and those of France and Spain, each side aided by their respective Native American allies...
US Declaration of Independence
Image by Copy by William Stone; Original by Second Continental Congress

US Declaration of Independence

An 1823 copy of the US Declaration of Independence by William Stone; the original was written by Thomas Jefferson and other congressional delegates and passed on 4 July 1776.
Writing the Declaration of Independence
Image by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Writing the Declaration of Independence

A painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris showing Thomas Jefferson (right), Benjamin Franklin (left), and John Adams drafting the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776. (Virginia Historical Society, Library of Congress)
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Image by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776, oil on canvas by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, c. 1873. White House Cabinet Room, Washington, D.C.
German-Soviet War
Definition by Mark Cartwright

German-Soviet War - WWII's Bloodiest Front

The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45), began in June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa and ended in Germany's total...
King George's War
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

King George's War - When New England Colonists Captured A Powerful French Fort

King George's War (1744-1748) was the third great colonial conflict fought in North America between Great Britain and France, each side aided by their respective Native American allies. Like the previous two major colonial wars, it coincided...
Phoney War
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Phoney War

The Phoney War was the period from the start of the Second World War (1939-45) when Britain and France declared war against Germany on 3 September until the start of significant military action in the West in the spring of 1940. While Poland...
Boer War
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Boer War - Imperialism v. Nationalism in Southern Africa

The Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) was won by the British but only after it employed controversial policies such as scorched-earth tactics and civilian concentration camps, both...
War of the First Coalition
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

War of the First Coalition

The War of the First Coalition (1792-1797) was a continent-spanning conflict in which a coalition of European powers, including Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Spain, and several others, sought to contain and defeat Revolutionary...
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