On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain. Two days later, delegates in Philadelphia finalized a document designed to announce and explain that act to readers in America and Europe. The Declaration of Independence asserted the revolutionary right of a people to alter or abolish a government, grounding that principle in the "self-evident" claims that "all Men are created Equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights" and "that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Over time, many readers ha…
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