Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, asserting the thirteen colonies’ separation from Great Britain.
Why Declaration of Independence matters
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, asserting the thirteen colonies’ separation from Great Britain.
This page brings together database records matching Declaration of Independence, American Revolution 1776 and 4 July 1776. Use the chronological results to compare dates, people, places, countries and related events without losing the wider historical sequence.
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