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[[The Declaration of Independence]] is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were no longer a part of the British Empire. Drafted by [[Thomas Jefferson]], and revised and approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to obtain independence.
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* [[The American Revolution]]: Although the Revolution had been in progress for about a year before the Declaration was written, the Declaration was intended to justify it in terms of expelling an occupying army serving a tyrant.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: it inspired a lot of similar Declarations of Independence during the following century.
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: Manly Firmness.
* [[List of Transgressions]]: Committed by the King and his forces and representatives in the Colonies.
* [[Long List]]: It goes on for quite a while.
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