Independence Day: July 4, 1776
Independence Day: July 4, 1776
In the years leading up to July 4, 1776, many colonists did not want complete independence from England. But over time, British trade restrictions, taxes, and troops occupying America turned more and more colonists against British rule.
April 19, 1775, was the start of the shooting war of the American Revolution with battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts…