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

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Published: 2026-07-04T02:05:17+00:00
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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 ...

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