The Declaration of Independence of the United States of Americab (official title is The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America) a is a document drawn up by the Second Continental Congress - in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 - which proclaimed that the Thirteen North American Coloniesc - then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain - defined themselves as thirteen new sovereign and independent states and no longer recognized British rule; 11 instead they formed a new nation: the United States. John Adams was one of the politicians who undertook the independence process, approved on July 2 by the full Congress without opposition. A committee was in charge of writing the formal declaration, which was presented when Congress voted on it two days later.
Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration.
Adams persuaded the committee to entrust Thomas Jefferson with the task of leading the writing of the original draft of the document, 12 which Congress edited to produce the final version. The Declaration was primarily a formal explanation of why Congress severed its political ties with Britain on July 2, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolution. The next day Adams wrote to his wife Abigail: "The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable time in the history of America."
Explanation:
On July 4 - after ratifying the text - Congress released the Declaration in various forms. It was initially published in John Dunlap's flyer, 14 which was widely distributed and read to the public. The original copy used for this print has been lost and may have been in the possession of Jefferson.15 The original draft with Adams and Benjamin Franklin's corrections and Jefferson's additional notes on the changes made by Congress is preserved in the Library of Congress. The best-known version of the Declaration - a signed copy popularly regarded as the official document - is on display at the National Archives in Washington DC This handwritten copy was requested by Congress on July 19 and signed on August 2.
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