July 4th 1776
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to become free and independent states
to become free and independent states
to become free and independent states
July Fourth 1776. July Fourth 1776.
1825
New York became independent by the colonies agreeing to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 26, 1788. New York became independent by the colonies agreeing to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 26, 1788.
By 1819, most of Spain's Latin American colonies had begun their fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule. This movement towards independence was fueled by various factors including political and economic discontent, as well as inspiration from the ideals of the Enlightenment and the success of other independence movements around the world.
Richard Henry Lee suggest that the colonies become independent because Lee said that the colonies no longer owed the king. Lee proposed a resolution at the Continental Congress that "We are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states," as part of John Adams' political maneuvering. Adams felt the resolution would gain more support if presented by a southerner.
The seventies