Let me google that for you
The Continental Congress resolved we were an independent nation July 2nd.
July 4th is the birthday of the Declaration of Independence, not the United States.
BTW - What the **** are they teaching in our schools these days that people don't know this?
I was fully aware of the Fact, I was making a joke about you arguing over details. July 4th is a Federal Holiday set up to celebrate our Nations Birth. If you want to argue it was Born 2 days earlier when the Congress resolved to do it, and not when the Actual Document the Stated our intentions to the world was signed. Good for you, But it's a silly detail to argue over. And the Vast Majority of Historians would not agree with you. They would argue that we were not a nation until it was on Paper on July 4th 1776. Hell if you really want to get into Details we were not the United States of America for 20 more years after that, When the Constitution was Ratified and we went from the articles of Confederation to the United States of America.
Hell if he really wants to be more detailed he needs to go back one more years
May 20th 1775
The Mecklenburg Declaration – Declaration Text
From the Declaration of Independence by the Citizens of Mecklenburg CountyÂ…
(Raleigh: Published by the Governor, 1831), 13-14.
Resolved, That whoever directly or indirectly abetted, or in any way, form or manner, countenanced the unchartered and dangerous invasion of our rights, as claimed by Great Britain, is an enemy to this country – to America – and to the inherent and inalienable rights of man.
Resolved, That we the citizens of Mecklenburg county, do hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the Mother Country, and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British Crown, and abjure all political connection, contract, or association, with that nation, who have wantonly trampled on our rights and liberties — and inhumanly shed the innocent blood of American patriots at Lexington.
Resolved, That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are, and of right ought to be, a sovereign and self–governing Association, under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress; to the maintenance of which independence, we solemnly pledge to each other, our mutual co-operation, our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
Resolved, That as we now acknowledge the existence and control of no law or legal officer, civil or military, within this country, we do hereby ordain and adopt, as a rule of life, all, each and every of our former laws, wherein, nevertheless, the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority therein.
Resolved, That it is also further decreed, that all, each and every military officer in this county, is hereby reinstated to his former command and authority, he acting conformably to these regulations. And that every member present of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz. a Justice of the Peace, in the character of a ‘Committee-man,’ to issue process, hear and determine all matters of controversy, according to said adopted laws, and to preserve peace, and union, and harmony, in said county, — and to use every exertion to spread the love of country and fire of freedom throughout America until a more general and organized government be established in this province.
Declaration Text | MeckDec.org
That is he's wanting to be a ******* ass about it.
Happy 4th!
