Revolution of American Independence
Background
-Declaration drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson; with help from leaders like Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
-2nd Continental Congress finished the Declaration of Independence on July 2nd, and it was publicly officiated on July 4th.
-2nd Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia where all the representatives from the different colonies agreed to send this document to Britain
-Ideas of independence were not revolutionary, there had been individual attempts to break ties from Britain, but the Declaration of Independence signified a unification of the colonists' feeling towards Britain.
-2nd Continental Congress finished the Declaration of Independence on July 2nd, and it was publicly officiated on July 4th.
-2nd Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia where all the representatives from the different colonies agreed to send this document to Britain
-Ideas of independence were not revolutionary, there had been individual attempts to break ties from Britain, but the Declaration of Independence signified a unification of the colonists' feeling towards Britain.
