Independence Day is considered to be a birthday of the USA as a free and independent country. The majority of Americans call this holiday simply by its date - “4th of July”. The holiday reminds that on July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. At that time citizens of 13 British colonies, located along the Eastern coast of today’s US territory, waged the war against the English King and Parliament, for they thought the latter treated them unfairly.