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Free and Independent States Lee Resolution Richard Henry Lee a delegate from Virginia read a resolution before the Continental Congress that these United Colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent States that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown and th ID: 644917

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Slide1

The Declaration of IndependenceSlide2

Free and Independent States

Lee Resolution

Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, read a resolution before the Continental Congress "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." Slide3

Committee of Five

Five men were appointed to draft a statement making a case for American independence

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert LivingstonSlide4

We hold these truths to be self-evident

The Committee of Five draft the Declaration of IndependenceSlide5

Almost Unanimous

The Lee Resolution was adopted by 12 of the 13 Colonies (Now STATES)

New York did not vote

Congress decides to declare The United States of America independentSlide6

Almost Perfect

Congress debates and makes changes to the Declaration of IndependenceSlide7

Independence Day

Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence

The United States of America formally declares independence from Great Britain

Copies of the Declaration were printed immediatelySlide8

Dunlap Broadsides

John Dunlap, official printer of the Continental Congress

About 200 copies were made and distributed throughout the colonies

25 copies still existSlide9

55 in iron pen, Mr.

Matlack

can’t offend

Congress ordered that the Declaration be “engrossed” on parchment with the phrase “

The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America”

Handwritten by Timothy

Matlack

, official scribe of the Continental CongressSlide10

55 in iron pen, Mr.

Matlack

can’t offend

The engrossed Declaration was signed by most members of Congress

By November, 1776,

55 members of Congress had signed the Declaration

Thomas McKean, the 56

th

member, signed the Declaration in 1781