July 4th, 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. As a country, we don’t mark our birth from the adoption of a constitution (not even the first, kind of bad one), but from a document that declared our intent to separate from a tyrant. In that document, the Continental Congress listed a set of grievances justifying this action. On this 250th birthday, it seems appropriate to revisit those grievances to see how we’re doing.