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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2231653" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p><strong>HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL!!!!</strong></p><p></p><h3>Declaring Independence</h3><p>On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence. Two days later, it ratified the text of the Declaration. John Dunlap, official printer to Congress, worked through the night to set the Declaration in type and print approximately 200 copies. These copies, known as the Dunlap Broadsides, were sent to various committees, assemblies, and commanders of the Continental troops. The Dunlap Broadsides weren't signed, but John Hancock's name appears in large type at the bottom. One copy crossed the Atlantic, reaching King George III months later. The official British response scolded the "misguided Americans" and "their extravagant and inadmissible Claim of Independency".</p><p></p><p>The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government.</p><p></p><p>When armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were ostensibly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. By the following summer, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress" target="_blank">Continental Congress</a> were faced with a vote on the issue. In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/thomas-jefferson" target="_blank">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-adams" target="_blank">John Adams</a> and <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/benjamin-franklin" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin</a> was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies' intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence—written largely by Jefferson—in Philadelphia on <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th" target="_blank">July 4</a>, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.</p><p></p><p>Imagine that 245 years later some Americans want Independence from their own current government.</p><p></p><p>Everybody have a SAFE day!</p><p></p><p>God Bless America!</p><p></p><p>Len & Jill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2231653, member: 116439"] [B]HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL!!!![/B] [HEADING=2]Declaring Independence[/HEADING] On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence. Two days later, it ratified the text of the Declaration. John Dunlap, official printer to Congress, worked through the night to set the Declaration in type and print approximately 200 copies. These copies, known as the Dunlap Broadsides, were sent to various committees, assemblies, and commanders of the Continental troops. The Dunlap Broadsides weren’t signed, but John Hancock’s name appears in large type at the bottom. One copy crossed the Atlantic, reaching King George III months later. The official British response scolded the “misguided Americans” and “their extravagant and inadmissible Claim of Independency”. The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. When armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were ostensibly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. By the following summer, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress']Continental Congress[/URL] were faced with a vote on the issue. In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/thomas-jefferson']Thomas Jefferson[/URL], [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-adams']John Adams[/URL] and [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/benjamin-franklin']Benjamin Franklin[/URL] was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence—written largely by Jefferson—in Philadelphia on [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th']July 4[/URL], a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. Imagine that 245 years later some Americans want Independence from their own current government. Everybody have a SAFE day! God Bless America! Len & Jill [/QUOTE]
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