The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is known as the ¡§freedom document¡¨ to many Americans because of what it signifies. Today, we celebrate this independence by having parades and many other activities on the day that this document was signed to declare our independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was not all 50 states that signed this document but instead 13 British colonies; colonies that soon became New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and 9 others, mainly in the New England area. These colonies refused to be ruled by the Kingdom of Great Britain and declared their independence by signing The Declaration of Independence in 1776.
History
The Kingdom of Great Britain controlled 13 colonies located in the Americas. During the 1750s and the 1760s conflict grew between Great Britain and the American colonies. The colonists people did not see independence as the first solution to the problem but instead first formed the......
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