Premieres Tuesdays, April 7 - 14, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Lucy Worsley investigates the 18th century ...

Most of the time, being British in the United States is riddled with perks. Americans love our accent, routinely ask if we are friends with King Charles, and assume that our intelligence, honesty, and ...

"Defying Empire" at the Haggerty Museum shows how American colonials battled with the British through images and words in artwork.

America’s year of independence, 1776, began with virtually all of those living in Britain’s 13 North American colonies content to remain under royal rule so long as they could enjoy the basic rights ...

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...