IndependenceDayisthenationalholidayoftheUnitedStatesofAmericacommemoratingthesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependencebytheContinentalCongressonJuly4,1776,inPhiladelphia,Pennsyl-vania.AtthetimeofthesigningtheUSconsistedof13coloniesundertheruleofEnglandsKingGeorgeIII.TherewasgrowingunrestinthecoloniesconcerningthetaxesthathadtobepaidtoEngland.Thiswascommonlyreferredtoas“TaxationwithoutRepresentation”asthecolonistsdidnothaveanyre...
