Dictation： Today, the United States of America celebrates its birthday. It is a 1_______of the day in 1776 when representatives of the 13 British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, a 2_______from Great Britain.There were many complex reasons for this split—the Declaration’s principal author, Thomas Jefferson called them “along train of abuses and 3________.” But it all boiled down to a few 4_______points.Much of it had to do with what the colonists perceived as abuses by the British Government that went back many years.In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson 5_______that “by the 6_______of the people”，an independent United States would become a nation on an equal footing with European nations that governed themselves, formed 7________with foreign nations and engaged freely in commerce.Today we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 8_______it defines. The Day marks the beginning of the Revolutionary War，a seven year conflict that ended with the birth of the United States of America, and the 9_______of a new era of freedom.In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only 10_______objects of government.”