Declaration of Independence
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Philosophy, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Wars, Battles, Democracy
- Curriculum: American Revolutionary History (1776-1788)
- Geographical Location: Pennsylvania
- Date: July 4, 1776
Article abstract: The document that marked the beginning of the United States of America, embodying the philosophies of the republic.
Summary of Event
The Declaration of Independence was the culmination of a ten-year drift by the colonies from active participants in the British Empire to rebellious advocates of a total break with the mother country. This decade of accelerating estrangement was fueled by fundamental disagreement over the Proclamation Line of 1763, the Sugar Act and Currency Act (1764), the Stamp Act and Quartering Act (1765), the 1766...
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