July 2, 2026
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed a
Resolution for Independence, They declared that the Colonies were
free and independent states, and that all political connection
between them and Great Britain was and ought to be totally
dissolved, Known as the Lee Resolution, it was the final break
between the king and the 13 colonies, After the French and Indian
War, the colonies were proud to be members of the British Empire
but after Britain passed taxes, the colonists were shocked, and
raised the question of whether the king could be checked by the
people, The colonies demanded equality in the British Empire,
tensions spread, and the British were determined to end the
rebellion, After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second
Continental Congress created a Continental Army to be led by
George Washington, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense spread the idea
that the law is king in a free country, an idea that spread
through the colonies, By April 1776, declarations of independence
were being written in states, and on June 7, the Lee Resolution
was drafted by Congress, and it passed on July 2, John Adams
declared the Second Day of July 1776 as the most memorable in the
history of America, It advanced the idea that a nation should
rest not on the arbitrary rule of a single man and his
hand-picked advisors, but on the rule of law.
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