Declaration of Independence

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were written. It is now part of the Independence National Historic Park.

He signed it in early August with everyone else.

He actually didn't join congress until July 22 1776, after the declaration had been approved on the 4th. But he was as happy as anyone for the chance to sign it. He had worked diligently for years to bring about the independence of the colonies.

Original Post: This is common history, It was just Europeans declaring independence from other Europeans on foreign soil. which is now called "The United Stolen States of America" but everyone knows that the whole country belongs to the native Indians and to the Mexicans. After all you can't cover history with one finger.

Edited: To fully answer the question, the United States declared independence from Britain. To address the biases of the OP. Most of the Native Americans had no reason to believe in property, they lived in fairly small communities in which everyone was willing to share, and did so so that everyone could survive, which incidently makes the land difficult to steal since the natives believed no one could own it in the first place. However, much of the American soil was acquired under rather dubious circumstances, nevertheless modern day Americans are not to blame for the sins of their fathers.

Misleading question, as all Americans have the right to Life, Liberty and the persuit of happiness, these rights can be taken away (you become inprisioned, thus loose any or all of these rights) once you encroach on anothers right to persue the same, i.e. you no longer have the right for persuit of happiness if you take away anothers right to life.

The president of the United States who was also an author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. He wrote the Declaration of Independence with Benjamin Franklin and Roger Sherman.

One reason why Philadelphia was chosen as the site of the convention was because of the symbolic Independence Hall.

There had been revolutions prior to the American Revolution. But this was the first time a group of people outlined in writing (the Declaration) the reasons they were revolting and declaring that they were an independent state (nation).

Timothy matlack was indeed the scribe of the conenental congress.

The outcome of the Second Continental Congress was that the King rejected the Olive Branch petition and the fighting continued. The Declaration of Independence soon made it clear that the colonies desired to throw off British rule.

The colnoists wrote the Declaration of Independence to tell England that they had suffered long enough, and were breaking away from the increasingly repressive British rule. The document told the king of England what troubles he had caused for them and how he had ignored the rights of the Americans.

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The Declaration of Independence told the world that they were a free country. It told Britain that they were no longer under the King of Britain and that they no longer had to follow the British laws.

Rhode Island and North Carolina were the two states that refused to ratify the Constitution unless there was a Bill of Rights.

The three main points in the Declaration of Independence are the following:

1. All men possess certain unalienable rights. These rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

2. King George III had violated colonists' rights by passing unfair laws including taxing the colonists without their consent.

3. The colonies had a right to break free from Britain because King George had broken the social contract ( which states that governments and rulers must protect the rights of citizens.)

That other countries should know why the colonies were trying to become independent

The Declaration of Sentiments was written in 1848 after Lucretia Mott was banned from speaking at an anti-slavery convention. This model was based on the Declaration of Independence because the idea behind it was similar to the idea behind declaring independence.

They are rights that cannot be taken away by anyone, including the government, and those rights are "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

The Declaration of Independence was signed by some people on July 4, 1776; but it's impossible to state an exact time, because most of the signatories were unable to travel to Philadelphia at the time, so the document traveled to them. The signatures were gradually added over the course of about one month, but July 4, 1776, was chosen as the "official" date.

The 56 men who signed the Declaration were not token patriots when they pledged their lives and honor to the cause of freedom. The average age was 44 and the youngest was 26. Ben Franklin was the oldest at 70. Most had money, none were hungry, and none were out of work. They actually laid their lives and fortunes on the line for freedom. Of the 56 men 5 were arrested by the British as traitors, 12 had their homes looted and burned, 2 lost sons in the war, 17 lost their fortunes, 9 fought in the war and died. Three of the signers lived to be over 90, 10 lived past 80, and 11 past 70. They came from all walks of life; 24 were lawyers, 14 farmers, 4 doctors, 9 merchants, and one minister. Three were born in Ireland, two in England and Scotland, one in Wales. During the war they were offered immunity to come back to the British cause. None did. One signer, George Wythe, was poisoned by his grand nephew at the age of 80. Samuel Chase became part of the Supreme Court and Caesar Rodney died of cancer. Button Gwenette became governor of GA and was killed in a duel at the age of 42. Oliver Woolcott became governor of Connecticut. Thomas Lynch, Jr. disappeared 3 years later with his wife on a voyage to the West Indies. Charles Carroll lived to 90 and died in 1832. He helped lay the cornerstone of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.

Gather all your weapons, come together, and take it back.

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain why the colonies needed to separate from Britain. To declare Independence from England.

To support the declaration with their lives