America At 250: The Tax Fight That Helped Launch A Nation ^4%

Forbes - By Kelly Phillips Erb - 7/3/2026, 3:58 PM

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July 4, 2026, marks 250 years since the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. That milestone—the semiquincentennial, if you want the formal term—is an opportunity to revisit the founding story in all its familiar forms: liberty, self-government, equality, revolution, and the break with Great Britain. But it is... more