The Americans as all nations all over the world appreciate their independence and celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence annually. The date for the holiday is the Fourth of July that is why, people often call it in two ways Independence Day or Fourth of July. History of American Independence The lands of contemporary America were the colonies of Britain within the 17-18th centuries. The first colony was called Jamestown. By the 1700s, Britain had controlled thirteen prosperous colonies of these lands. Their export included tobacco, paper, iron, textile, ......