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Congress never accepted the declaration, it was made before the USA became a country , and it was meant for the british.
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July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.
This answer is absolutely false. The Declaration of Independence was signed (by most) by the date of August 1776. The colonies DECLARED independence on July 2, 1776 by a formal vote of congress.
Most members of congress signed the official, engrossed copy on August 2, 1776.
Congress never accepted the declaration, it was made before the USA became a country , and it was meant for the british.
The date was July 4, 1776 .
On July 2nd, the Second Continental Congress approved a movement for independence from Britain. This congress would later adopt the Declaration of Independence.
4th July 1776
The Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed on July 4, 1776.
The top line of the document reads: In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence-1776
July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence, and the Second Continental Congress spent two days making some changes to the document. On July 4th, 1776, the Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence, which is why the United States celebrates that date each year as its Independence Day from Great Britain.
This answer is absolutely false. The Declaration of Independence was signed (by most) by the date of August 1776. The colonies DECLARED independence on July 2, 1776 by a formal vote of congress.
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The official birthday of the United States is counted as July 4th, 1776, the day Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. After that date, unsigned copies were widely circulated, and the date of the declaration has come to be considered the official date. However, the "official" Declaration papers displayed in the Library of Congress -- the ones we usually see reproduced -- were not signed by all of the delegates until about August 2, 1776.