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Declaration of independence original. 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. He was agreeable to the idea of indonesia s independence 41 and had lent his house for the drafting of the declaration. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for a people to advance from that subordination in which they have hitherto remained to assume among the powers. Samuel and john adams were both signers of the document.
Among some of the more well known facts about the people who signed the declaration of independence are that john hancock s signature was the largest or that several future presidents john adams and thomas jefferson to be exact signed the declaration. 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. Action of second continental congress july 4 1776. The original engrossed handwritten declaration.
It reads original declaration of independence dated 4th july 1776 this docket identifying label was visible when the document was rolled up for storage. If we travel back in time to june 7 1776 we would witness richard henry lee of virginia introducing a resolution in the second continental congress that these united states are and of right ought to be free and independent states that they are absolved from all allegiance to the british crown and that all political connection between them. The original indonesian declaration of independence was typed by sayuti melik. 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.
The declaration of independence back there is one line of text along the bottom edge on the back of the declaration. Most of these changes seem to be by jefferson himself but some of these are in a handwriting that resembles that of adams. Jefferson s original rough draught of the declaration of independence. Declaration of independence in congress july 4 1776.
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.