Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence
1776

A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Character, Liberty, Life, Life, Men, Rights, Self, pursuit, liberty, men, Truths
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Declaration of Independence
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A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson