on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress at July 4, 1776
The reason Independence Day is on July Fourth is because in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. This was on July Fourth and come on declaration of INDEPENDENCE and INDEPENDENCE day. :)
Independence Day is an American holiday celebrated every year on July 4th. Usually it is celebrated with a cookout and fireworks. The purpose of the day is to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
No, Independence Day was named for the Declaration of Independence, which was passed and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776.
Thomas Jefferson took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence, and the Second Continental Congress spent two days making some changes to the document. On July 4th, 1776, the Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence, which is why the United States celebrates that date each year as its Independence Day from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence was issued the day after the RevolutionaryWar began. A+
1776 This is marked through the signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, now celebrated in the US as Independence Day.
Independence Day
Listing the rights of the colonist.
The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America-Independence Day-is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress.
They adopted, or accepted the declaration on July 4, 1776. On July 8, a crowd surrounded outside of Pennsylvania State House, today calledIndependence Day.
July 4, 1776. The date that Congress approved of and adopted the written Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Many believe that it should be July 2, 1776, because that's when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by a voice vote.