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In Dependence Day When the Continental Congress adopted its Declaration of Independence, officially published on July 4, 1776, there were reasons—reasons laid out in detail in that very same declaration. King George III, the founders of the United States of America said, obstructed immigration.
He kept standing armies in times of peace. He sent out “swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.” He restricted foreign trade. He imposed taxes without their consent. And so on, and so forth.
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