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well yeah I sure do
birthdays are special very important
coming up in July four to be exact it's
the baby celebrate the birth of a nation
combination and the birth of our nation
didn't come easy are you ready to learn
some fun facts about the 4th of July
awesome let's go this is what an
immigrant looked like back in the 16 and
1700s an immigrant was a person who
emigrates to another country usually to
make their new life permanent these
immigrants did not like their life in
England and for a dozen reasons wanted
out of England and to create a better
life in America for them England was a
dead end
financially and religiously they built
settlements along the Atlantic east
coast of North America hoping to develop
and use the rich natural resources this
land has to offer they wanted to live
fulfilling and prosperous lives these
immigrants became colonists permanent
residents and eventually established the
13 original colonies life was difficult
for these colonists and through harsh
taxes and other intrusions in every
aspect of their lives the king of
England did not make it any easier many
colonists began to rebel in protest hey
what's your favorite beverage
a favorite beverage in the colonies was
tea I mean the people drink a lot of tea
imagine how angry and frustrated these
people must have been if they would
rather dump a large cargo of tea from
Great Britain into the Boston Harbor
rather than pay the multiple taxes to
the king and that was the Boston Tea
Party leaders of the colonies held
several meetings to decide what could be
done to express their displeasure
with King George 2/3 some of their
complaints were that England interfered
with the colonists who wanted to have
their own government and that the king
continued that charge taxes without
cause or reason and the king took away
their right to trial by jury and that
the colonists were not permitted to
trade freely and that the king did not
protect personal property and hired
mercenaries to fight against the
colonists finally a committee of five
men drafted a document these men were
Thomas Jefferson John Adams Roger
Sherman Benjamin Franklin and Robert our
Livingston the document contained only
1458 words but it expressed exactly how
the colonists felt about the
unacceptable acts committed by the king
of England and what they intend to do
the preamble of the document reads like
this we hold these truths to be
self-evident that all men are created
equal and they are endowed by their
creator with certain unalienable rights
that among these are life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness this document
is known as the Declaration of
Independence it is dated July 4th 1776
the birthday of the United States of
America it was adopted and signed by the
representatives of the thirteen colonies
and it declared that we would no longer
be subject to the king of England redrew
our line in the sand we put her foot
down and the rest of the story my young
friends is American history over a
couple of items of trivia I thought were
interesting on the back of a $2.00 bill
yes there really is a $2.00 bill is a
depiction of the Second Continental
Congress and the authors of the
Declaration of Independence and three
former presidents of the United States
died on the 4th of July
they were John Adams who signed the
Declaration of
independence Thomas Jefferson who signed
the Declaration of Independence - and
James Madison
the fourth of July is an important
national holiday banks are closed and
mail carriers don't deliver on that day
and many people don't have to work on
that day we celebrate the birth of our
nation in different ways all over the
country countless communities have
parades
who doesn't love a parade I love parades
and many cities put on spectacular
firework shows who doesn't love to watch
fireworks
do you love fireworks oh man I do I love
fireworks the bombs bursting in air and
who doesn't like to have a barbecue
what's your favorite food at a barbecue
who said watermelon oh man I love
watermelon did someone say hotdogs
they're my favorite too
eventually the rebellion of the
Americans would lead to the
Revolutionary War we were not about to
give up our independence next 4th of
July as you have your picnic and watch
the parade and fireworks remember the
brave people who put their foot down and
declared independence and continued to
build our wonderful country the United
States of America happy Independence Day
everyone
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