On July 4, 1776, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the United States of America was born. The Second Continental Congress officially approved the Declaration of Independence, which declared ...
In 1777, Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams ...
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