4th of JulyINDEPENDENCE DAY

Andrei Sebastian Popa 1ºBACH 1-12-2015

ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATION Originally in North America only existed 13 colonies wich where a part of the Kingdom of England.The people living in the colonies where not happy with the decisions of the Crown and with the amount of taxes that they needed to pay. In 1773 serval people gatheredin Boston, then raided three ships transporting tea, and they dumped the tea in the sea, this event is known as ``The BostonTea Party´´. In 1775 the first battle ocured in the regions of Lexington and Concord, then the Independence war trully began.In 2 of July of 1776 the Declaration of Independence is signed.The war ends in 1781, but the first time this the Independence Day was celebrated in Philadelphia in the year 1777 during the war.

How People Celebrate this Day During 4th of July people take part in parades, have barbecues with the family, and the decorate the cities with the colours of the flag and other North American simbols. At the end of the day they make a lotof noise with firecrackers, and light up the sky withFireworks, the loud noise and the smell of Gunpowder create the atmosphere of war.

Other CountriesOther Countries have thier own Independence day celebration and this Countries are not far form the United States like for example Canada wich celebrate thier Independence day the 1st of July, or Mexico wich celebrate thier Independence from the empire of Spain the 16th of September, in south america a lot of Countries have an idependence day cause this countries were colonies and some of the maneged to get Independence without spilling blood like Costa Rica.