American Declaration of Independence

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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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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historical document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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