Declaring of Independence!

One of the big achievements continental congress had when they assembled was moving towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. The congress select a committee to draft the declaration, explaining their reasons, more specifically Thomas Jefferson drafted this.

By Spring 1776, July 2 congress voted that America was free and by July 4 they approved the

declaration stating that the 13 American Colonies were now independent states. They didn’t depend anymore from the British Empire.

The declaration containing a long list of grievances against King George, also declared the idea that all men were created equally:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain Unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.