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Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The proceedings for 1776 were first published in 1777, and the entry for July 4 states that the Declaration was engrossed and signed on that date (the official copy was handwritten by Timothy Matlack). [2] In 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not present ...
Between April and July 1776, a "complex political war" [22]: 59 was waged to bring this about. [25]: 671 [26] In January 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, which described the uphill battle against the British for independence as a challenging but achievable and necessary objective, was published in Philadelphia. [27]
On July 2nd, 1776, Lee’s motion for independence was approved. Two days later, on July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted—and America became a free nation.
What is the Fourth of July and the history behind it? The occasion honours the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers on 4 July 1776. In putting quill to parchment ...
The Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4, 1776. That’s actually the day it was formally adopted by the Continental Congress, but it wasn’t signed by most signatories until August.
July 9 – American Revolution: An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green. July 14 – Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone. July 15 – American Revolution: Battle of Lindley's Fort. July 19 – The Treaty of Watertown is signed in the Edmund Fowle House in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay.
The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted for the independence of the United Colonies by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776. [5] The Declaration of Independence, mainly written by Committee of Five member Thomas Jefferson, was proclaimed on July 4, the date on which the anniversary of independence is observed. [6]