[El Gato]

the british had a habit of infuriating their colonials, as July 4, 1776 reminds us.

Actually as April 19th, 1775 reminds us.That's when the shooting started. (It was the Brits that got the sort end of that particular stick) The 4 July '76 was only making it formal and completing the appropriate paperwork.

[Celtic Conservative]

Actually as April 19th, 1775 reminds us.That's when the shooting started. (It was the Brits that got the sort end of that particular stick) The 4 July '76 was only making it formal and completing the appropriate paperwork.

true. I was reading a lot lately about the april 1775 to july 1776 time frame. While it is true about the shooting war starting earlier, the continental congress expressed great reluctance to declare independence, they only really wanted a redress of grievances. But the English refused to budge , making the separation inevitable

CC