The Declaration of Independence

By: The Second Continental Congress

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: July 4, 2026

Words: 1,357

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The following is a National Archives transcript of the Declaration of Independence unanimously adopted by the Second Continental Congress:

In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the …

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