{"id":6713,"date":"2022-07-04T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uninter.edu.mx\/ehli\/?p=6713"},"modified":"2022-07-04T17:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:28:51","slug":"happy-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uninter.edu.mx\/ehli\/index.php\/2022\/07\/04\/happy-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Independence Day in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout the United States, the 4th of July is a holiday when the colors red, blue and white adorn cities, the sky is lit with fireworks, and barbecues light up the gardens.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A bit of history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the United States was not as we know it today, but the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, which were founded by British settlers and had political, constitutional and legal systems very similar to those of Britain.
After the Seven Years’ War Britain went bankrupt and taxed the colonies, creating discontent and causing rebellion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia unanimously approved the declaration of independence of the 13 Colonies of the United States, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, to free themselves from the power of the British Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although these Founding Fathers signed the document in the 1700s, Independence Day did not officially become a holiday until 1870, and became paid by the federal government in 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is more than one copy of the Declaration of Independence: <\/strong>
Although most people who see the document see the original on display at the National Archives in Washington, hundreds more were printed. These copies are known as the “Dunlop pamphlets<\/em>“, after the shop owner who printed them, John Dunlop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An impressive celebration <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n