Third Of Young Adults Think July 4th Celebrates Independence From Native Americans

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds.

Independence Day may be synonymous with summer, but a survey found one in three Americans don’t know how to spell “independence,” and even fewer know why Americans celebrate on the Fourth of July!

A poll of 1030 Americans found that over a third spell independence incorrectly. Moreover, researchers add that internet searches for “how to spell independence” skyrocket by 85 percent during the July 4th holiday weekend.

The most common way people misspell this important word in the American lexicon is by using an “a” — spelling it “independance.”

Other common misspellings include independense, indpendence, indiependence, and independents — which is actually a real word, but there’s no such thing as Independents Day.

As most elementary school students could tell you, July 4th commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, signaling the nation’s freedom from British rule. However, the poll found that two in three young adults in Gen Z don’t know who America declared its independence from.

In fact, one in three Gen Zers thinks July 4th celebrates America’s independence from the Native Americans!

Overall, less than 58 percent of all respondents correctly answered that America gained its freedom from Great Britain. Nearly eight percent said “Europe.” Over eight percent said “South America,” and more than 12 percent chose “none of the above!”

Source: StudyFinds
https://studyfinds.org/americans-cant-spell-independence/