Independence Day – The 4th of July
This day in American history is when the people who lived in America got tired of being a colony of England. They were tired of being ruled by a king and the parliament counsel that would raise taxes on the people and yet allow the Americans to have no say in the government.
This is from Wikipedia:
In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Many Americans remained loyal to the King of England and many wanted to be free of England. They wanted to keep their own tax money and guide their own lives. England at the time had many colonies and a large navy that ruled the seas. It took many years of war for England to tire of battle and the loss of many men and at tremendous cost to finally give in and give up on trying to keep America under English rule. In the war of 1812 England again tried to retake the USA and burned the capitol in Washington. They failed to retake the USA and we remain somewhat free to this day...
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