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founding document historical document legal act political document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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Label Occurrences
United States Declaration of Independence 80
Declaration of Independence 46
American Declaration of Independence canonical 4

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historical document ⓘ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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