- 1776 in the United States - Wikipedia
1776 is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of the nation, with the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the British Empire issued on July 4
- Declaration of Independence | Summary, Definition, Date . . .
Declaration of Independence, in U S history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain
- Text of the Declaration of Independence
Nearly every printed or manuscript edition of the Declaration of Independence has slight differences in punctuation, capitalization, and even wording To find out more about the diverse textual tradition of the Declaration, check out our Which Version is This, and Why Does it Matter? resource
- 1776 Archives | HISTORY
Few years in U S history were more momentous than 1776 The Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and named the new country the United States of America
- What Happened In 1776 - Historical Events 1776 - EventsHistory
What happened in the year 1776 in history? Famous historical events that shook and changed the world Discover events in 1776
- Declaration of Independence, 1776 - Gilder Lehrman Institute . . .
During the spring of 1776, colonies, localities, and groups of ordinary Americans—including New York mechanics, Pennsylvania militiamen, and South Carolina grand juries—adopted resolutions endorsing independence
- The American Revolutions of 1776 | National Affairs
America's separation from Great Britain in 1776 set in motion three interrelated revolutions In the Declaration and their writings on religious liberty, the founding fathers instituted a new understanding of the foundations of political authority, advanced a new conception of government's purpose, and recognized the existence of religious
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