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Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America
Independence Day (4th of July) | History, Meaning, Date | Britannica 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
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
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
Declaration of Independence - World History Encyclopedia The Declaration of Independence is the foundational document of the United States of America Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, it explains why the Thirteen Colonies decided to separate from Great Britain during the American Revolution (1765-1789)
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
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
Independence - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Independence is the state of being free of the control of some other person, country or entity Revolutions are all about obtaining independence, most famously perhaps the Revolutionary War in America, which led to America's freedom from Britain