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Transcript of the declaration as adopted in congress.
Declaration of independence jefferson. The declaration of independence proclaimed the creation of an american people asserted a claim to universal rights and declared america to be independent of the british empire. He previously served as the second vice president of the united states from 1797 to 1801. Drawing on documents such as the virginia declaration of rights state and local calls for independence and his own draft of a virginia constitution jefferson wrote a stunning statement of the colonists right to rebel against the british government and establish their own based on the. The chief opposition for independence came mostly from pennsylvania new york and south carolina.
Today it is maintained under the most exacting archival conditions possible. Text of the declaration of independence. Thomas jefferson april 13 1743 july 4 1826 was an american statesman diplomat lawyer architect philosopher and founding father who served as the third president of the united states from 1801 to 1809. The condition of the parchment declaration of independence is a sign of the place it has held in the hearts of many americans.
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. On saturday june 8th lee s resolution for independence derived from the may 15 1776 resolves of the virginia convention was referred to a committee of the whole the entire continental congress and they spent most of that day as well as monday june 10th debating independence. Drafting the declaration of independence in 1776 became the defining event in thomas jefferson s life. The principal author of the declaration of independence jefferson was a proponent of.
The united states declaration of independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the pennsylvania state house now known as independence hall in philadelphia pennsylvania on july 4 1776 the declaration explained why the thirteen colonies at war with the kingdom of great britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer. 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 them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should. The declaration of independence back there is one line of text along the bottom edge on the back of the declaration.