The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, laid the groundwork for American government and rights.

The United States’ Founding Fathers are some of the most important names in a young nation’s history. The Founding Fathers contributed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. When you ...

I. Religious motives in American colonization. Hakluyt's discourse on western planting. The crusade against Catholicism. Contributions of the German reformation. English religious minorities.