Happy Early Independence Day from Kids Discover! In addition to picnics and fireworks, there’s so much to learn about the history of July 4th. Tuck into these Units from our American History library to introduce kids to the birth of a young nation. 1776 In this Unit, kids will be taken back in time to 1776, the watershed year in which 13 colonies declared their freedom from British rule. At the start of this year, the Continental Congress had “no design to set up an independent nation,” but seven months later, they formally declared their independence from Britain. Declaration of Independence It’s hard to believe that just over a thousand words could change world history, but one…