On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The Committee was charged with authoring a Declaration of Independence. Adams, a leading proponent of independence, persuaded the Committee to charge Jefferson with writing the document’s original draft, which the Second Continental Congress then edited. Jefferson largely wrote the Declaration in isolation between June 11 and June 28, 1776. The Declaration was a formal explanation of why the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The Declaration justified the independence of the colonies, citing 27 colonial grievances against King George III and asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution. The Declaration was unanimously ratified on July 4 by the Second Continental Congress, whose delegates represented each of the Thirteen Colonies.
It is worth noting some of the grievances outlined in the Declaration:
- For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
- For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
- He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
The Declaration has become one of the most circulated, reprinted, and influential documents in history.
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Today is the birthday, in 1940, of Joseph DiNicola, from American group Joey and the Starlighters. who scored the 1962 US No.1 single ‘Peppermint Twist, Part 1’. Jimi Hendrix was a member of the band during 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wEORnZxdg
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