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Given the benefit of 221 years of hindsight, it is truly sad for the planet that the Brits did not quell the uprisings with an iron fist. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. Fourth of July is celebrated all over the United States as the American Independence Day, but if you are British, you'd remember this day as Treason Day. Despite being in the shadow of their gawd, the most impressive thing for them today was the aviation content.

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Thomas Jefferson was the first President of the United States to celebrate American Independence day in the White House in 1801. While for the average American, this is a great reason to let loose and enjoy, with many Americans across the country indulging in BBQs and lighting off fireworks, the Brits feel otherwise. In 1776, King George III of England received a letter explaining why Congress voted in favor of declaring independence from British rule. On this famous holiday, the United States is actually celebrating its independence from Britain, which they see as a positive thing. The "Taxation Without Representation" that the American Colonists were so quick to condemn was really England asking the colonists to pick up the financial burden for their recent freedom from French rule.Though I may have to check with my relatives who landed at Omaha beach, pretty sure we did Jolly old Britain a solid or two in the subsequent centuries. Ride Notes for Seattle to Portland 2015 This past weekend I completed the two-day, 206-mile Seattle to Portland (STP) ride with my brother-i. Many Brits like to make a joke every year on Independence day that it should be known as Treason Day, because the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence were actually committing a huge act of treason, which they were fully aware they could be put to death for. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did everything it had to do and at Ft. The most popular one is simply a picture of the Union Jack with the words ‘Happy Treason Day’ written on top. So the King of England shifted the financial burden of freeing the American colonies back onto the American colonists, who resented the thought of having to pay for their own freedom, so they kicked the British out of America. The reason why Brits joke every year on Independence day is because the 56 Congressmen who signed the declaration were committing a huge act of treason, and they could have been put to death for their crime.Though the Constitution provides a legal framework for the United States, the Declaration of Independence, with its strong assertion that "all men are created equal," strikes a chord with all Americans.