{"id":1964164,"date":"2023-07-04T17:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-the-very-first-independence-day-funerals-were-held-across-the-colonies-heres-who-they-were-for\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T22:01:25","slug":"on-the-very-first-independence-day-funerals-were-held-across-the-colonies-heres-who-they-were-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-the-very-first-independence-day-funerals-were-held-across-the-colonies-heres-who-they-were-for\/","title":{"rendered":"First Independence Day: Funerals held throughout the Colonies &#8211; Who were they for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fon-the-very-first-independence-day-funerals-were-held-across-the-colonies-heres-who-they-were-for%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The First Independence Day: Funerals Held Across the Colonies<\/h2>\n<p>The Second Continental Congress voted to approve the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.<\/p>\n<p>Some former colonists \u2014 now citizens \u2014 could not wait an entire year to celebrate, albeit in a somewhat morbid way.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 1776, Americans held mock funerals for King George III of Great Britain, their former sovereign whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-swap-president-king-declaration-independence-1-thing-immediately-becomes-clear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Declaration of Independence<\/a> labeled a tyrant.<\/p>\n<p>The mock funerals represented a dramatic change in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>First, as subjects in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-attacking-queen-elizabeth-ii-want-erase-britains-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Empire<\/a>, American colonists had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">grown accustomed<\/a> to celebrating the king\u2019s birthday each year.<\/p>\n<p>George III turned 38 years old on June 4, 1776, though few Americans felt like celebrating their king in that summer of war.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they decided to bury their allegiance.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, mock funerals for King George III amounted to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-jennifer-rubin-wapo-columnist-gets-results-with-doj-lawsuit\/\" title=\"President Jennifer Rubin? WaPo Columnist Gets Results With DOJ Lawsuit\">dramatic reversal<\/a> of American sentiment toward the man himself.<\/p>\n<p>George III ascended to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lipreaders-reveal-frustrated-king-charles-said-sat-coach-coronation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British throne<\/a> in 1760 at the age of 22. One year earlier, British and colonial forces had defeated the French and their Indian allies at the Battle of Quebec, the most important battle in the North American phase of the Seven Years\u2019 War, which lasted from 1756-63.<\/p>\n<p>American colonists thus responded to their new monarch with patriotic enthusiasm. A youthful king seemed a fitting symbol for a triumphant empire with a glorious future.<\/p>\n<p>No one could have predicted that a revolution would change everything in a mere 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>Finally \u2014 and most important of all \u2014 when Americans held mock funerals in the summer of 1776, they buried more than their allegiance to George III. They buried the monarchy itself.<\/p>\n<p>This was the unlikeliest development of all.<\/p>\n<p>If one reads only the text of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-omits-key-word-declaration-independence-heartless-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Declaration of Independence<\/a>, one would assume that colonists had focused their grievances on the monarchy. This would be a false assumption.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, colonial pamphleteers had complained not about the monarchy, but about an intrusive Parliament. From the 1765 Stamp Act onward, colonists argued that Parliament had no authority on American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-the-very-first-independence-day-funerals-were-held-across-the-colonies-heres-who-they-were-for\/\" title=\"First Independence Day: Funerals held throughout the Colonies - Who were they for?\">colonial leaders long held<\/a> out hope that the king would intervene on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>This hope stemmed from their constitutional understanding of the British Empire. According to the American view, each colonial legislature amounted to a little Parliament comprised of representatives who made laws for the people of the colony.<\/p>\n<p>Only the monarchy held the different parts of the empire together.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you celebrate July 4th?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you celebrate July 4th?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\">Yes<\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\">No<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<button onclick=\"ff_poll_submit(event)\">Submit<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 85%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 85% (11 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 15%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 15% (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Declaration of Independence charged King George III with tyranny not because Americans had long since rejected monarchy, but because they had placed their faith in it.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-mob-wins-187-year-old-thomas-jefferson-statue-removed-new-yorks-city-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Jefferson<\/a> wrote the Declaration, he could not effectively address it to Parliament because Americans did not recognize Parliament\u2019s authority over them.<\/p>\n<p>They recognized the king. They pleaded with the king for assistance. When the king sided with Parliament, Americans regarded it as a betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>If Americans wished to bury their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-goes-global-trinity-college-within-dublin-launches-investigation-into-colonial-past\/\" title=\"BLM Goes Global: Trinity College Within Dublin Launches Investigation Into \u2018Colonial Past\u2019\">colonial past<\/a>, therefore, they could not bury a Parliament to which they paid no allegiance.<\/p>\n<p>They could only bury a king to whom they once did.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-independence-day-funerals-held-across-colonies\/\">On the Very First Independence Day, Funerals Were Held Across the Colonies: Here&#8217;s Who They Were For<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Eager citizens, once colonists, couldn&#8217;t wait a year to celebrate. In 1776, mock funerals were held for King George III of Great Britain, symbolizing their break from the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":1964165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}