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Independence - Wikipedia Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory or colony
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription | National Archives The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle the
Independence Day (4th of July) | History, Meaning, Date . . . Independence Day, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood held on July 4 It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 This document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence | Constitution Center On July 4, 1776, the United States officially declared its independence from the British Empire when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence The Declaration was authored by a “Committee of Five”—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman—with Jefferson as the main drafter But Jefferson himself later admitted
Road to Revolution: A Timeline – The White House Explore an American history timeline tracing key events leading up to the Revolutionary War, Independence and the ratification of the U S Constitution, highlighting pivotal moments that shaped
United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia The Declaration justified the independence of the colonies, citing 27 colonial grievances against the king and asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution The Declaration was unanimously ratified on July 4 by the Second Continental Congress, whose delegates represented each of the Thirteen Colonies
The Declaration of Independence: Full text - US History We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness