Fourth of July
Fourth of July is coming up, and everyone's like "Yay there will be fireworks" and the adults are like: "Did you know that America became independent on this day, children?" And the children are like amazed and say: "I didn't know that!" But the Fourth of July isn't America's actual independence, it was just when Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin decided they finished writing the Declaration of Independence. It wasn't when the US became free! It was still early July, 1776 and the Revolutionary War had just begun for 15 months! And if you payed any attention in Social Studies back in 5th or 6th grade you'll know that the war goes on until 1783.
On July 4th, the Declaration wasn't signed yet and it wasn't really official. It was actually August 2nd that most of the delegates signed it and the DOI was approved, but that still isn't independence day, because the US wasn't free. The Americans/Patriots thought they were, but they weren't. They were still being crushed by the British in the war.
So when is the "real" Independence Day? Well, we can go back to the early 1780's. The British were still winning slightly, but the Patriots were hanging on and fighting started to cool down. (Sorry for this very vague explanation.) This was because the French had joined the war on the American side and Britain's worst enemy country at the time was France. So then we won the war and we were filled with American pride even though it was the French that actually won the war, not us. So thank France for this. And then Britain decided they were losing too many resources so they slowly retrieved troops and then the war became a slow but sure stalemate.
Finally the British gave up and were like: "Ok, you guys can become free, this is too much for us." We made the British sign the Peace Treaty of Paris and agreed that no more fighting would continue. The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, and was later ratified by the Continental Congress in early 1784, and then we started to form a new government and stuff like that, but that's it for now. I'll create more of this Social Studies series.
All in all, we didn't become independent on July 4th, 1776, we became independent over 7 years later, on September 3rd, 1783. The name is extremely misleading.
And yes, for those who are wondering, technically this counts as Politics.
-Hope you enjoyed, Owen
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On July 4th, the Declaration wasn't signed yet and it wasn't really official. It was actually August 2nd that most of the delegates signed it and the DOI was approved, but that still isn't independence day, because the US wasn't free. The Americans/Patriots thought they were, but they weren't. They were still being crushed by the British in the war.
So when is the "real" Independence Day? Well, we can go back to the early 1780's. The British were still winning slightly, but the Patriots were hanging on and fighting started to cool down. (Sorry for this very vague explanation.) This was because the French had joined the war on the American side and Britain's worst enemy country at the time was France. So then we won the war and we were filled with American pride even though it was the French that actually won the war, not us. So thank France for this. And then Britain decided they were losing too many resources so they slowly retrieved troops and then the war became a slow but sure stalemate.
Finally the British gave up and were like: "Ok, you guys can become free, this is too much for us." We made the British sign the Peace Treaty of Paris and agreed that no more fighting would continue. The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, and was later ratified by the Continental Congress in early 1784, and then we started to form a new government and stuff like that, but that's it for now. I'll create more of this Social Studies series.
All in all, we didn't become independent on July 4th, 1776, we became independent over 7 years later, on September 3rd, 1783. The name is extremely misleading.
And yes, for those who are wondering, technically this counts as Politics.
-Hope you enjoyed, Owen
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:) Good use of our SS lessons.
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ReplyDelete1. Since the 4th of July is called Independence Day and is celebrated in America, any child with half a brain can figure out it is the day America gained independence.
ReplyDelete2. Not everyone learns about the Revolutionary War in 5th or 6th grade.
3. Too many "like." Since you don't write/talk like that, I assumed you copied it from somewhere?
4. It's oversimplified
5. CAN SOMEONE CELEBRATE JULY 4TH IN PEACE?!
P.S. I did not enjoy this post.
P.P.S. The old format was better.
Also, stop being so sarcastic. I did not like this post. (well, Idk if I like my own posts or any other post, but whatever.)
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"The Declaration" and DOI are unspecific. True, any person with a brain can work out what it means IF THEY LIVE IN THE USA. And not everyone lives here.
Secondly, you are extremely informal. While this may be good for some articles, it doesn't work for this.
And now the facts!
In 1780, the British and the Patriots were facing a stalemate. The British were not winning by a lot, if anything.
As Hanting said, "An... Wait, just look at 1 through 4 in her comment.
While it is advisable to sound like a real person in blog posts, (a technique in which I fail at..), you sound like a sassy 12-year-old girl. Please stop that.
Finally, we did not make the British go away. The Patriots did. And stop swinging between Informative and Sassy Informative. It's annoying.
THANK YOU ETS!!
Deletefine. you can edit it however you want.
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yes i know
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