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Today in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. This transpired two days after the passage of the Richard Henry Lee resolution, which made all political ties with Great Britain “totally dissolved.” The document was a...Free and Independent States: The colonies seceded from Great Britain as 13 individual, sovereign nations. @mmaharrey10th#independenceday #declarationofindependence #history #liberty #july4th pic.twitter.com/SiP6g2b0OS
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The Most Important (and Missed) Part of the Declaration of Independence
We tend to focus on the philosophical stuff at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence.. But the most important part comes as the very end – the declaration itself. Free and Independent States: The colonies seceded from Great Britain as 13 individual,...
The Real Revolution: James Otis vs the Writs of Assistance
The revolution started years before the war commenced – a change in the views and sentiments of the people. And we can trace the beginning of the controversy between Great Britain and America to James Otis Jr, and his arguments against the Writs of Assistance in...
Totally Dissolved: The Lee Resolution and Independence
June 7, 1776: Following instructions from Virginia’s Fifth Revolutionary Convention, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress to declare independence, along with a call to form foreign alliances, and a “plan for...