Declaration of Independence. United States . Declaration of Independence Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library | Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. A DECLARATION By the REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, In GENERAL CONGRESS Assembled. 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 Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly Firmness his Invasions on the Rights of the People. For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us: Attest. Annotated Constitution Prototype TOC. The Bill of Rights (including the Preamble to the Bill of Rights) Constitution Society Home Page. Mental_floss Blog » 4 More Forgotten Founding Fathers. This Saturday is July 4, a day when Americans of all shapes and sizes will come together to commemorate the founding of their country, and the noble pursuit of life, liberty, and overcooked hamburgers. Here's a quick quiz question "“ how many people signed the Declaration of Independence? We're betting that few of you, not including the people who compulsively Googled that question, knew the answer is 56.
Fifty-six?! Yes, there were far more Founding Fathers than most people learn about in civics class. 1. Yes, it's true: not all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were in favor of independence. At age 15, Read began studying the law, and he was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1753, when he was only 19 years old. When he was elected to the first Continental Congress on behalf of Delaware, it looked as though his voice would be drowned out by two far more liberal delegates, Thomas McKean and Caesar Rodney. 2. This is a pretty nifty story, to be sure. 3. 4.