Elementary history of the United States . veral others with their clubbed muskets, they ob-tained possession of the loaded guns of the British. Thelatter had to yield to their two brave enemies. The res-cued Americans were then unbound, and armed mth theguns of their guard ; and Jasper and his men marched offin triumph with their prisoners. 6. The 4tli of July is always kept as a great holi-day in the United States. Do you know why it is kept ?Because on the 4th of July, 1776, the Continental Con- 102 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. [1775 gress adopted a Declaration of Independence. Up to this ti
Elementary history of the United States . veral others with their clubbed muskets, they ob-tained possession of the loaded guns of the British. Thelatter had to yield to their two brave enemies. The res-cued Americans were then unbound, and armed mth theguns of their guard ; and Jasper and his men marched offin triumph with their prisoners. 6. The 4tli of July is always kept as a great holi-day in the United States. Do you know why it is kept ?Because on the 4th of July, 1776, the Continental Con- 102 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. [1775 gress adopted a Declaration of Independence. Up to this time they had hoped that the King and Parliament wonld give up their unjust claims. In that case, they would have laid down their arms, and Tf;-^ remained subjects of ^ ^^ Great Britain. But )^^^ - ^^ now following the ex- ^^K^.,,^ lU ample set by the bravo WKkWKkl<J^ people ofCharlotte,they saidthe Kingshould ruleover themno bold-y declaredtheir inde-pendence,and pledgedtheir livesfor its sup-port. Afteri this, the:^ thirteen. were called the Thirteen Uuited States o/America! 1776] BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. 103 7. While Congress was discussing the Declaration,the streets of Philadelpliia were iilled with crowds, anx-ious to know what it would do. When the old bell-ringerpealed the bell of the state-house, as a signal that the billhad passed, their joy knew no bounds. Bonfires werelighted, and houses were illuminated. In New York, thepeople showed their dehght by pulling down a greatleaden statue of the King, and moulding it into bullets tofire against his soldiers. In Boston, the Declaration wasread at a j)ubKc meeting, amid the cheers of the preceding page is a picture of Independence Hall,in Philadelphia, the building in which Congress met andthe Declaration of Independence was signed. You mayalso see the old City Hall in New York, and the peoplecheering for the Declaration in Boston. LESSON OF LONG ISLAND. 1. In the summer of 1776, New Yo
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