When America signed the Declaration of Independence...who were we declaring independence from. Looking to see how many people actually know the answer to this question
2006-12-21 04:19:21 · 7 answers · asked by morgansway3 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The British Crown:
That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.
2006-12-21 04:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Kwan Kong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Happy Independence Day.. Freedom is not anything else however a danger to be greater. - Albert Camus Freedom is the proper to are living as we want. - Epictetus. "We finish in these days a interval of sick fortune and India discovers herself once more. The fulfillment we rejoice in these days is however a step, an beginning of possibility, to the larger triumphs and achievements that watch for us. Are we courageous ample and clever ample to seize this possibility and be given the task of the long run?" - Jawaharlal Nehru
2016-09-03 17:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brits. The people who built their empires and slaughtered people and wiped other cultures off the face of the Earth so they could have their tea and biscuits in Africa. It was quite obvious why the independents signed that document.
2006-12-21 06:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britain.
2006-12-21 04:21:53 · answer #4 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England...it was only the English Colonies that signed it...
2006-12-21 04:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the king of england
2006-12-21 09:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
england
2006-12-21 04:21:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋