What year did the Declaration of Independence approved by the colonies?

Answer 1

On July 2, 1776, by voice vote in the Second Contintal Congress, the colonies adopted a resolution that they were now free of British control. Two days later, the written Declaration of Independence was approved and adopted as the way to announce independence to the world. The journal of the Second Continental Congress recorded the resolution. John Adams said that people will remember July 2, 1776 forever and celebrate it every year. He was off by two days. Few people know of the voice vote taken on July 2, but now you do too.

Answer 2

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America-Independence Day-is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress.