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July 4th, USA Independence Day/ How the 50 states were created

2024-07-04 09:09:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
July 4th, USA Independence Day/ How the 50 states were created
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The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a federal holiday commemorating the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, creating the United States of America.

The Founding Father's delegates to the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject to Britain's monarch, King George III, but were united, free, and independent states.

Congress voted to approve independence by passing the "Lee Resolution" on July 2 and adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later on July 4. 

Independence Day is celebrated in the US with fireworks, parades, barbecues, fairs, concerts, political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.

Independence Day is the national day of the United States. 

History

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776 actually occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring united states independent from the rule of Great Britain.

After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by the Committee of Five, which asked Thomas Jefferson to authorize its first draft.

While Jefferson consulted extensively with the other four members of the Committee of Five, he largely wrote the Declaration of Independence in seclusion for 17 days between June 11, 1776 and June 28, 1776.

Historians have long disputed whether members of Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, although Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the declaration was signed nearly a month after its approval, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as commonly believed. /CNA 

 





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