1776 in Law - 1776 Treaties, Continental Congress, United States Declaration of Independence, Letters to the Inhabitants of Canada (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 1776 treaties, Continental Congress, United States Declaration of Independence, Letters to the inhabitants of Canada, William Goddard, Second Continental Congress, President of the Continental Congress, First Continental Congress, Committee of Five, Continental Association, Congress of the Confederation, Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, Nassau Hall, Carpenters' Hall, Jacob Duche, Conway Cabal, Board of War, Charles Thomson, Maryland Constitution of 1776, Treaty of Watertown, Olive Branch Petition, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Model Treaty, Superintendent of Finance of the United States, Goddard broadside, Treaty of Purandar, Papers of the Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, Galloway's Plan of Union, Petition to the King, Committee of the States. Excerpt: The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America-Independence Day-is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress. The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural rights, including a right of revolution. Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the A...