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4th July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress

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Jul 4, 2026

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Summary

The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as “free and independent States”, marking the birth of the United States as a political entity with a set of principles upon which the new nation claimed ...