Answers:•1. The people were taxed without representation.
•2. 56 people signed the Declaration of Independence
•3. The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•4. "When in the course of human events.
•5. The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.
•6. The largest signature on the Declaration of Independence is John Hancock's.
•7. Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed Lee's resolution.
•8. George III was king of England when the colonies declared their independence.
•9. There were 2.5 million people living in the U. S. in 1776.
•10. The word "patriotism" comes from the Latin "patria" meaning "fatherland" or "homeland".
•11. The colors of the first flag were red, white, and blue.
•12. Our national bird is the bald eagle.
•13. The Liberty Bell is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the tower of Independence Hall.
•14. The Liberty Bell no longer rings. It rang from 1778 to 1835, when it cracked.
•15. The name: Uncle Sam" originated in 1812, when a meat packer by the name of Sam Wilson provided meat to the U. S. Army. Someone saw the meat shipments that were stamped with U. S. and joked that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam" and the name stuck
•16. The name of the National Anthem is the "Star Spangled Banner."
•17. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the National Anthem.
•18. The music for the National Anthem comes from an old English drinking song named, "Anacreon in Heaven."
•19. Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
•20. Betsy Ross sewed the first official American flag?
•21. The stars were in a circle on the first flag to show that all the colonies were equal.
•22. The Statue of Liberty is 151 feet tall
•23. France gave us the Statue of Liberty
•24. Americans consume 150 million hot dogs on July 4th each year.
•25. Americans spend around 211 million dollars every year on fireworks.
•26. The Chinese invented fireworks
•27. Over 74 million people have cookouts on July 4th.
•28. The first Liberty Bell cracked when it was being tested. It and the second bell were re-melted and forged again. The third Liberty Bell cracked in 1835.
•29. The Fourth of July became an unpaid holiday for federal workers in 1870. In 1938 it became a paid holiday, and in 1941, it was declared a federal holiday.
•30. In 1912, President Woodrow Wilson made an Executive Order. Then in 1931, by a Congressional resolution..
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