2007-01-17 03:48:48 · 20 answers · asked by Brittany H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
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2007-01-17 03:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by USMCstingray 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was written in June 1776 by a committee of the Continental Congress. The committee - known as the Committee of Five - which consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman were asked to draft a resolution declaring the U.S. independent. Thomas Jefferson wrote the draft. Some corrections were made by Franklin and Adams, which were incorporated into a new copy of the Declaration.
On June 28, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Continental Congress. After some changes were made - such as the deletion of lines condemning the slave trade at the demand of the southern colonies - independence was declared on July 2nd. The revised Declaration of Independence was formally approved on July 4th, and sent to the printer.
2007-01-17 04:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by some_guy_times_50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
2007-01-17 03:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy M. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a committee to draft a declaration: Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and John Adams of Massachusetts. The final draft was submitted to Congress on June 28, so 17 days to write and edit the Unanamous Declaration. It was revised again by Congress and finally submitted to the world July 4, 1776.
2007-01-17 04:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by dem_dogs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution are America's founding documents. The Declaration of Independance came out in 1776 and our new government was established under the Constitution in 1789.
2007-01-17 04:39:34 · answer #5 · answered by solisue 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In June of 1776, a committee of the Second Continental Congress consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut (the "Committee of Five"), was formed to draft a suitable declaration to frame this resolution. The committee decided that Jefferson would write the draft, which he showed to Franklin and Adams. Franklin himself made at least 48 corrections. Jefferson then produced another copy incorporating these changes, and the committee presented this copy to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776.
Independence was declared on July 2, 1776, pursuant to the "Lee Resolution" presented by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia on June 7, 1776, which read (in part): '"Resolved: 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."'
The full Declaration was rewritten somewhat in general session of the Continental Congress. Congress, meeting in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, finished revising Jefferson's draft statement on July 4, approved it, and sent it to a printer.
2007-01-17 03:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Danny 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies from Great Britain and making them into the United States.
2007-01-17 03:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Simmy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
June 11-28, 1776
2007-01-17 03:52:00 · answer #8 · answered by JM 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was written in June, 1776 and published in July.
2007-01-17 03:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1776
2007-01-17 03:51:34 · answer #10 · answered by john t 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
July 4th,1776.
2007-01-17 05:43:05 · answer #11 · answered by Jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋