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Somewhat United we stand - &American Revolutionsomewhat United, we standStudy pierces the myth of the Foundersâ?? unanimity, detailing the strange bedfellows that have forged the IndependenceJuly 03, 2011|By Michael Washburn, Globe CorrespondentShareE-mailPrint (anne latini/globe staff)

STATEMENT: The tumultuous nine weeks when America became independent, may 1 to July 4, 1776
By William Hogeland
Simon and Schuster, 288 pp., $26

If you look beyond the charred burgers and hot beer, itâ??s easy to see that, as all holidays, day of independence isnâ??t so a moment of such national remembrance that it is a demonstration of historical amnesia. Yes, we all have an understanding of the secondary school of the American Revolution with its great men in perilous times. Thereâ??s a happy, gap hypothesis that the Declaration of independence has also been a statement unanimously - that the settlers is perfect in their desire to challenge Britain and in the form of Government, they have sought to implement.

However, these tidy narratives are lazy or effective propaganda fiction field, and the classic history of the decision to declare independence is a little of both. As in â??Declaration of William Hogeland writes: The nine tumultuous weeks when America became independent, â??â?? the â??entered the history of the United States in confusion about the nature and purpose of independence. â??â?? Weâ??re, even on the date still confused. The nation officially broke ties from Britain on July 2 after the ratification of the Lee resolution. the Declaration, a document with no legal authority, has agreed to two days later as a letter of explanation to the world. fixed â??Declarationâ??â?? this often neglected, naked persistent confusion to reveal the ad hoc alliances almost forgotten among the groups which promoted the radically divergent conceptions of America.

In fact, during the first year of the conflict, a large part of the colonial population hopes for reconciliation with Great Britain. Until May 1776, it appeared that they would prevail. Fierce anti-Royalists Samuel and John Adams, and later Ben Franklin, among the other notable founders, took the lead in the fight for independence, and when they are defeated electorally, they have taken to the secret of the manoeuvres. â??nine weeks, â??â?? Hogeland writes, â??after voters defeated American independence, in the closest thing to a referendum on the issue the country ever had, America declared independence. â??â??

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