2006-07-10 09:58:37 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
july 4th 1776
2006-07-10 10:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 4, 1776
2006-07-10 19:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not gonna research this but maybe someone else has read this little trivia fact.
I heard it was actually July 1st or 2nd 1776 that the Continental Congress passed the resolution declaring independence. But they wanted to make the public announcement of their vote at the same time they had a written document ready. So by the time it was ready it was the 4th of July and that is what the document says.
Anyone else ever heard that?
2006-07-10 17:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by killintimer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 4, 1776
2006-07-10 17:01:36 · answer #4 · answered by quikboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States of America's birthday is July 4, 1776. This day is also called Independence Day, for it was the day that we declared ourselves free from England by signing the declaration of independence.
2006-07-10 17:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by countrysoldier85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 2, 1776- The day John Adams felt would be the Indepence Day because on that day The 2nd Cont. Congress approved the Dec. of Ind. and Congress President John Hancock signed it, Saying "I'll sign it so big even blind ol' King George will be able to read it!"
It was only on the 4th that the remainder of congress signed it
2006-07-10 19:37:59 · answer #6 · answered by Stephanos I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 4th 1776
2006-07-10 17:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by Vilma K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On July 4, 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. In a letter to his wife written on July 3, the day after Lee's resolution was approved, Adams wrote that "The second day of July…will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance…with pomp and parade, with…guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other…”
2006-07-10 17:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Da Devil Princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to go w/ July 4, 1776 - Independence Day. While the constitution wasn't signed until later, that's just a formality/a document; we were born before that. (Just like we ourselves are born and may get a SS#, driver's license, etc. later. Besides, July 4 is when we celebrate.
2006-07-10 19:02:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
December 24 1701
2006-07-10 17:02:36 · answer #10 · answered by T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋