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Definition of Declaration of independence
1. Noun. The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declaration Of Independence
Literary usage of Declaration of independence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"THE Committee to prepare a Declaration of Independence " unanimously pressed " Mr.
Jefferson " to undertake the draft." He did so, l>ut before submitting ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"In the Declaration of Independence that democratic system which had gradually,
through force of circumstances, established itself in the colonies was ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"Presented to the New York Public Library by John S. Kennedy.) Sanderson (John).
Biography of the signers to the Declaration of Independence. ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"declaration of independence. FIRST DRAFT. REPORTED DRAFT. A Declaration by the
Representatives of the United States of America in general Congress assembled ..."
5. Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American by Benson John Lossing (1848)
"I enclose you a copy of the Declaration of Independence, as agreed to by the
House, and also as originally framed ; you will judge whether it is the better ..."
6. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"... which on their face seem to be a forecast not only of the declarations of the
second Congress, but of the Declaration of Independence in July, 1776. ..."
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