Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom
(Reguidit frae American Declaration o Unthirldom)
The Declaration o Unthirldom (Inglis: Declaration of Independence) is the statement adoptit bi the Seicont Continental Congress meetin at the Pennsylvanie State Hoose (Unthirldom Haw) in Philadelphia on Julie 4, 1776, which annoonced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war wi the Kinrick o Great Breetain, regairdit themsels as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, an na langer unner Breetish rule. Instead thay formed a new naition—the Unitit States o Americae. John Adams wis a leader in pushin for unthirldom, which wis passed on Julie 2 wi na opposin vote cast.
| Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom | |
|---|---|
 1823 facsimile o the engrossed copy | |
| Creatit | Juin–Julie 1776 |
| Ratified | Julie 4, 1776 |
| Location | Engrossed copy: National Archives Rough draft: Librar o Congress |
| Author(s) | Thomas Jefferson et al. (Engrosser: Probably Timothy Matlack) |
| Signatories | 56 delegates tae the Continental Congress |
| Purpose | Tae announce an explain separation frae Great Breetain[1] |
References
eedit- ↑ Becker, Declaration of Independence, 5.
- ↑ The thirteen colonies war: Delaware, Pennsylvanie, New Jersey, Georgie, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Sooth Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginie, New York, North Carolina, an Rhode Island an Providence Plantations. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut an New Jersey war formed bi mergers o previous colonies.
See an aw
eeditFremmit airtins
eedit- Ulster-Scots and the Declaration of Independence (PDF; in Inglis) frae the Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch