The 4th of July is referred to "Independence Day."
We celebrate the 4th of July for the remembrance of the acceptance of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. That Declaration of Independence stated that the thirteen American colonies were no longer apart of the British Empire, and formed into the United States of America. The thirteen stripes on the American flag stand for the 13 American colonies who declared their independence.
The 4th of July, it is the birth of the United States of America.
The colonists <span>never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on </span>tea<span>, and the </span>Tea Act<span> rekindled their opposition to it. Their resistance culminated in the Boston </span>Tea<span> Party on December 16, </span>1773<span>, in which </span>colonists<span> boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of </span>tea<span> overboard.</span>
Answer;
Iron Curtain;
When Hungary opened its borders, it created a "hole" in the iron curtain.
Explanation;
Hungary was the first country to punch a hole in the Iron Curtain.
<span>This meant that many refugees from Eastern Germany who had fled to Hungary, were going to leave and move to Western Germany. They would take this trip by going through Austria (neighboring country of Hungary) to reach Western Germany. Mikhail Gorbachev was personally outraged by this, stating that Hungary had not asked him before taking this measure.</span>
