July Forth 1776 Summary

This story, 1776, is talking about how America gained freedom on July Forth, 1776. It talks about all of the things that got in the way of America declaring independence and all of the good tactics that would come out of going through with this. To start of, on the days leading up to July Fourth, 1776 John Adams and Benjamin Franklin did just about anything to declare independence from Great Britain. The only problem is that little things can easily get in the way of declaring independence. For one, slave holders and landowners, among many other things are in the way of declaring independence from Great Britain. With all of these problems, John Adams knows that he needs to do something. He has Henry Lee from the Virginia Congress stand up and help with this issue. …show more content…
Six other colonies have to be persuaded in a short amount of time to agree with independence, which is all on John Adams and Benjamin Franklin’s shoulders. They have the colonies say either “yay” or “nay.” John Dickenson is one person that gets in the way of declaring independence because he is totally against it. About half of the colonies said “yay” and the other half say “nay.” That is when Jefferson created the Declaration of Independence document. He is basically forced by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. After doing the “yay” and “nay" thing again everyone says “yay” for declaring independence. This is one thing leading to the