Boris Becker once said; I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that.

But in order to change the future we must understand the past and so we do. Here we go:

1776 United States Declaration of Independence is adopted in Philadelphia. The statement declared the independence of the 13 British colonies from the British crown. It also announced the creation of a new country called the United States of America.