The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on Jan. 14, 1784, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation. The Continental Congress approved ...

Negotiations began in Paris, in April of 1782 ... But when Congress met on December 13, 1783, to ratify the treaty, the weather was against them. The winter of 1783-1784 smacked the country ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

No, not a literal map. It’s a metaphor—and a powerful one. Paris is one of my favorite cities. I’ve visited dozens of times, but if you ask me to draw a map of Paris, it won’t look like an ...

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 ...

This will be the 60th inauguration ceremony for a U.S. president. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognised the independence of the United States and was a significant milestone setting the stage for ...

Paris is split into two halves – the Right and Left banks – by the storied Seine River. The city is further broken into 20 numbered arrondissements (or neighborhoods), which twirl clockwise ...

The final treaty – the Peace of Paris – was signed in September 1783 at the Hotel d’York in Paris, History.com reported. The treaty still needed to be ratified within six months of its ...

The iconic international climate treaty - the Paris Agreement - includes a pledge to try and keep temperatures from rising by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. But the UN recently warned ...

the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the U.S. as an independent and sovereign nation, according to the Library of Congress. Americans Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams had negotiated ...

A man from Consett is looking to get recognition for a County Durham poet whose work featured in the Newcastle Chronicle in 1783, over 240 years ago. Paul Heatherington has been researching the story ...