No, but they did in 1776.
1776
July 4, 1776, while they were fighting a revolutionary war against the English. which the colonists did not win until a few years later.
America was declared a country on July 4th, 1776, according to the Declaration of Independence.
The colonists came to the decision to declare independence from Great Britain after the king of Britain and Parliament decided to impose high taxes on imported goods to the colonies. Without representation in Parliament the colonies had no way of voicing their disapproval. For this matter they decided to break away and for their own union.
The Declaration of Independence declared the 13 British colonies on the east coast of America independent. The colonies were free as of July 4, 1776.
On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their freedom from British rule.The (US) Declaration of Independence asserted a philosophy of government that any government can only rule with the consent of the governed, and that the basic purpose of government is to protect people's rights. It gave many examples of how the government of Great Britain -- and, in particular, King George III -- had violated the rights of the colonists and so lost their consent. It then proclaimed that, as a result of this, the colonies issuing it (the 13 English colonies in North America) were free and independent states.It declared the 13 English colonies in North America "free and independent states", no longer under the rule of Britain and its king, and it listed, for the world to read and consider, reasons "for the separation", viz., a variety of complaints against King George III.The Declaration of Independence declared the colonies independence. It expressed to other nations why the colonies felt forced to leave Great Britain.
The colonists declared independence from Britain due to unfair taxes and tyranny. They declared there independence on July 4th ,1776.
July 4, 1776
The Declaration of Independence was declared on July 4, 1776. It took the colonists a few more years to win the war against England.
It is the date in 1776 that our forefathers declared America's independence from England.
United states from England
The US declared independence from England on July 4th, 1776.
July 4, 1776 is the day the US declared independence from England
The colonies declared independence in July, 1776. The Declaration was completed on July 2. It was approved on July 4 and made public on July 8. By the first week of August, King George III had received a copy and exhibited fits of rage. The Revolutionary War was, of course, already underway at this time.
The adoption of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) which declared us apart from England.
The original 13 colonies officially declared their independence from the British Empire on 4 July 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration of Independence written in July 1775 by Thomas Jefferson.
American people celebrate the 4th of July for declaring their independence from England, on July 4th 1776. Before then, the united States were an overseas British colony.