America's Independence Day
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress - representatives from Great Britain's North American colonies - meeting in Philadelphia, voted for Independence of the 13 colonies and the creation of a new nation - the United States of America. Two days later, on July 4, 1776, the Congress approved and signed the Declaration of Independence For ten years, since the British imposed new taxes on the American colonies - the Sugar & Currency Acts of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1