They should be free and all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is totally dissolved
John Adams favored independence from the start, but knew that he was not the one to propose it due to his unpopularity with his fellow delegates. He and like-minded politicians convinced Richard Henry Lee of Virginia to make the formal proposal.
article 5 says that congress may propose amendments by 2/3 vote in each house, or by a national convention of delegates from each state.
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Perhaps Henry Lee but there where many Christian colonist that voiced it as well .. Many where arrested and put to death for it..
The White House can only suggest that the Congress consider a bill to become a law. However, only a member of Congress is allowed to propose the bill directly to Congress.
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Only members of Congress or state legislatures can propose an amendment to the Constitution.
To propose an amendment: 1. Two-thirds of both houses of Congress vote to propose an amendment, or 2. Two-thirds of the state legislatures ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments.
Congress may propose an amendment to the Constitution when two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote in favor of it.
There are two ways to propose and ratify amendments to the Constitution. To propose amendments two thirds of both houses of congress can vote to propose an amendment, and two thirds of the state legislatures can ask congress to call a national convention to propose amendments.