United States Declaration Of Independence
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Originally published | July 4, 1776 |
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Authors | Thomas Jefferson |
Benjamin Franklin | |
John Adams | |
Roger Sherman | |
Robert R. Livingston | |
Locations | National Archives and Records |
Library of Congress | |
Purpose | To announce and explain separation from Great Britain |
Created | June–July 1776 |
Signatories | Second Continental Congress |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1477784 |
About United States Declaration Of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.