Independence-Day

IndependenceDayPresentedbyJackHufromDepartmentofPhysics,SchoolofScience.Date:theFourthofJulyIndependenceDay,commonlyknownastheFourthofJuly,isafederalholidayintheUnitedStatescommemoratingtheadoptionoftheDeclarationofIndependenceonJuly4,1776,declaringindependencefromtheKingdomofGreatBritain.IndependenceDay:NationalHolidayinUSPreface:1OriginofIndependenceDayinUS2Fireworks,picnicsandparades3Nationalflag4Americans'lovefortheircountryOriginofNationalHolidayinUSStampDutyOrdinanceTownshendActsTheBostonTeaPartyCoerciveActsMostpeopleintheUnitedStatescelebratethe4thofJuly,butdoyouknowexactlywhytheholidayissoimportanttotheircountry?Imaginehowyouwouldfeelifsomeoneolderthanyou(maybeanoldersisterorbrother)kepttellingyouwhattodoallofthetimeandkepttakingmoreandmoreofyourallowance.Thatishowthecolonistsfeltintheyearsleadingupto1776.TheThirteenColonies•NewHampshire•Massachusetts•RhodeIsland•Connecticut•NewYork•NewJersey•Pennsylvania•Delaware•Maryland•Virginia•N.Carolina•S.Carolina•GeorgiaDeclarationofIndependenceDiscussRevisePerfectThomasJeffersonTheCongressmetinPhiladelphia,PennsylvaniaandtheyappointedacommitteetowriteaformaldocumentthatwouldtellGreatBritainthattheAmericanshaddecidedtogovernthemselves.TheDeclarationofIndependenceWeholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienablerights,thattheyareamongthesearelife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness.Thattosecuretheserights,governmentsareinstitutedamongthem,derivingtheirjustpowerfromtheconsentofthegoverned.Thatwheneveranyformofgovernmentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistherightofthepeopletoalterortoabolishit,andtoinstitutenewgovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesandorganizingitspowersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffecttheirsafetyandhappiness.PartsoftheDeclartionofIndependenceFireworkFireworkshowsareheldinmanystates,andmanyfireworksaresoldforpersonaluseorasanalternativetoapublicshow.MostfireworksshowsintheUnitedStatesendinanintensefinale,withavolleyoffireworksrapidlylaunchedalmostsimultaneouslybarbecuesandpicnicsOutdoorbarbecuesandpicnicsareeasytoprepareforthelargenumberofpeoplethatoftengatherontheFourthofJuly.ParadesThereisnodoubtthatthecelebrationincludesaparade,aceremonyofliftingflagandsoon.Buttosomeextent,theparadeismorelikeahappypartythanaformalstagepresentation.AmericannationalflagThenationalflagoftheunitedstatesconsistsof13stripesand50stars.ThestarsontheflagrepresentthepresentnumberofstatesoftheUS,theredandwhitestripes,theoriginal13colonies.American'slovefortheircountryClothesFaceHorseFieldsFighterShoeStoreAmericanpeoplelovetheircountryverymuch,inindependenceday,theyliketopainttheirnationalflageverywhere.SomeNewWords:committeeunalienableTheBostonTeaPartyconsentaspecialgroupdelegatedtoconsidersomematterincapableofbeingrepudiatedortransferredtoanotherapoliticalprotestbytheSonsofLibertyinBostonpermissiontodosomething://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States):Thanksforyourattention_