4 jul 1776 año - Declaration of Independence

Descripción:

The Second Continental Congress met at Pennsylvania and discussed the issue of declaring independence from Britain. They employed Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, listing out the grievances the colonists had against the British.

Causes:
-Various British taxes on the colonies
-Stamp Act
-Sugar Act
-Quartering Act
-Townshend Act
-Increasing anti-British sentiment within the colonies

Historical Impact:
-Beginning of the modern US
-The North American British colonies banded together against the British

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