Show history of declaration Dech of independence the Ires crit method of celebrating july 4 the anniversary of 0 the birth of our nation notion ii is a cummin which has ha been handed down cur ince since the first celebration which took after the breach with england hid bid become official on july 4 1776 1770 when the people of the thirteen original colonies ol onles fired with p itri otle enthusiasm heard beird of the action which had ilea been alien tallen by the con tin congress which forever forcer leered their connection connections mith fn gland their jov knew no bound bounds oun were fired and bon fire fires lighted to aid in the merry milking making which was general throughout the land thie this custom hae has been followed and enlarged enlarge 4 upon tier T gnei sinei the firt first fourth of july was wa cele eele brazeil ear cars ago it 18 e Ref generally lerall known that the for the declaration of in depin lenee was the intolerable neap had bad been imposed upon the 1 I nie tiles by the cruel and tyran nice frac rge III fe several eral battle battles had tied occur itol between the american pat not riots mil pill the king didgs force forces but hard ly nini ano ne had bad any serious intention of breaking with the british empire the writing writings of aloma paine in his common bene together mith the use of genral thousand hired soldiers eol dier to subjugate the tile colonists colonn te bere tre most con conducive ducle to the signing of the declaration A committee wn was appointed b the Contine atil con gross gress to draw drav up vp a document which was wo to be presented to the king declaring that from then henceforth tile american rol colone onles were to ie be free and independent states the committee appointed consisted of thoma thomao jefferson benjamin franklin lint john adam adonis roger sherman and nd robert 11 ingston the docu ant na presented to congress Cong rc july 2 and mas wa promptly ratified b ly i tivolie v I 1 e of the thirteen new ew I 1 lork ork teira the only colojay lo 10 0 o delay its it acceptance on luly july 4 the dec dee la larnt ration lon was formally adolff 1 1 but contrary to popular belief it was wa not signed by members of congro congress until august 12 of the lame same ear quoting from cabot lodge lodges I 1 history of nation nations it ihu after scars ear of protest again against british tt sinn after the advances alliances of the colonies in the direction of recon cil lation had been rejected and arm still ien lea lent sent over from england Ln gland to coerce them into submission the americans had formally renounced all alleg lance to the mother countr conn tr the flie die wag cast a new empire hadi suddenly risen in the world styled the united motes of america |