The USA has overcome a lot of obstacles in order to establish democracy in the complicated corner of national governments since its very beginning. This year, the biggest and most acclaimed nation that started out with only thirteen small colonies and a handful of immigrants celebrated its two hundred and thirty-seventh birthday with pride and glee through a holiday called 4th of July (or more professionally Independence Day).

By the time the Declaration of Independence was adopted in July 1776, the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain had been at war for more than a year (1). Because of the high taxes issued to the colonies by the then greatly powerful Britain and conflicts that arose between the Founding Fathers and King George III, the infant nation America decided to declare independence from Great Britain’s stronghold over them. The independence idea was introduced to the congress by mastermind Richard Henry Lee (3). Continue reading “Independence Day 2013” →