American Declaration of Independence

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founding document historical document legal act political document

The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
United States Declaration of Independence	80
Declaration of Independence	46
American Declaration of Independence canonical	4
Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence	4
Charters of Freedom	1
Declaration of Independence and assertion of statehood	1
Declaration of Independence draft	1
Declaration of Independence of the United States	1
Declaration of Independence, 1776-07-04	1
Drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence	1
The Declaration of Independence	1
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America	1
draft Declaration of Independence	1
the Declaration of Independence	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding document ⓘ historical document ⓘ legal act ⓘ political document ⓘ
approvingBody	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
author	Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
commemorationDate	Fourth of July ⓘ Independence Day ⓘ
committeeMember	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ John Adams ⓘ Robert R. Livingston ⓘ Roger Sherman ⓘ
containsConcept	consent of the governed ⓘ life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ⓘ right of the people to alter or abolish government ⓘ unalienable rights ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalRole	expression of democratic ideals ⓘ symbol of American identity ⓘ
dateAdopted	1776-07-04 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom	Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
hasLegalEffectToday	limited ⓘ
influenced	French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ
influencedBy	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment philosophy John Locke ⓘ natural rights theory ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	symbolic foundation of United States law and political philosophy ⓘ
locationOfOriginal	National Archives Building ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSigner	John Hancock ⓘ
numberOfColonies	13 ⓘ
originalTitle	American Declaration of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
placeAdopted	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ
relatedDocument	Articles of Confederation ⓘ Bill of Rights ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Lee Resolution
shortName	American Declaration of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ American Declaration of Independence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence
signer	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ Charles Carroll of Carrollton ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ John Witherspoon ⓘ Richard Henry Lee ⓘ Robert R. Livingston ⓘ Roger Sherman ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
significance	articulated principles of individual rights ⓘ articulated principles of popular sovereignty ⓘ articulated principles of self-government ⓘ asserted separation of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain ⓘ
structure	formal declaration of independence ⓘ list of grievances ⓘ preamble ⓘ

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