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Bookmark or Share- Declaration of Independence | Summary, Definition, Date, & Text ...Declaration of Independence, document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. On July 2 the Congress had resolved that ‘these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.’.
- The Declaration of Independence: A History | National ArchivesOn May 15, 1776, the Virginia Convention passed a resolution that "the delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent states."
- Declaration of Independence: A Transcription | National ArchivesDeclaration of Independence: A Transcription. Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.
- Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of IndependenceIn 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris with Britain, the United States formally became a free and independent nation.
- Lee Resolution (1776) - National ArchivesOn June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution "that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states," acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention.
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