Independence Day commemorates an event that happened on July 4, 1776. Which of the following happened on July 4, 1776 (choose as many as apply)?
1 - The colonies declared themselves independent of Great Britain.
2 - The Constitution of the United States was adopted.
3 - The Declaration of Independence was adopted.
4 -John Adams, in a letter to his wife, declared that July 4 "will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival ... with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."
5 - Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
6 - The hot dog was invented.
Answer below...
Only answer 3 is correct. The Second Continental Congress declared the colonies independent on July 2 by approving a "resolution of independence" that had been proposed in June. The Declaration of Independence, written by a committee of five, was debated and revised for two days and was adopted by vote on July 4.
The document was not actually signed by everyone at that point. Most delegates signed it on August 2.
In his letter to his wife, John Adams predicted that July 2 would be the day of the "great anniversary" forever more.
The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787.
Happy Independence Day.
And no one knows when the hot dog was invented but its current form came to be in the late 1800s.
1 - The colonies declared themselves independent of Great Britain.
2 - The Constitution of the United States was adopted.
3 - The Declaration of Independence was adopted.
4 -John Adams, in a letter to his wife, declared that July 4 "will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival ... with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."
5 - Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
6 - The hot dog was invented.
Answer below...
Only answer 3 is correct. The Second Continental Congress declared the colonies independent on July 2 by approving a "resolution of independence" that had been proposed in June. The Declaration of Independence, written by a committee of five, was debated and revised for two days and was adopted by vote on July 4.
The document was not actually signed by everyone at that point. Most delegates signed it on August 2.
In his letter to his wife, John Adams predicted that July 2 would be the day of the "great anniversary" forever more.
The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787.
Happy Independence Day.
And no one knows when the hot dog was invented but its current form came to be in the late 1800s.
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