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The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776.It said that the 13 colonies were no longer a part of Britain. A committee was put together to draft the formal declaration to be ready when congress votes on independence. John Adams told the committee to let Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Although he did not write the whole thing he and 4 other men wrote it. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman helped.

The Declaration of Independence has 4 parts in it. The first part is about; why it’s needed and for what the use of it was and what it was going to say. The second part said what the colonists thought about the government and their main ideas. In the third part it said; the colonists complaints about the kinds practices and parliament. He also put in that the colonists tied to settle with the British peacefully but he refused. In the 4 part he wrote down that they were no longer a part of Britain

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 * 1) Gustafson, Milton. "Prologue: Current Issue." National Archives and Records Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. .