Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 245 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 247 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands… ...

See About archive blog posts. The United States’ Declaration of Independence may well be the most cited yet least read or understood document in American history.

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant It formally identified the political theory of the United States: securing the individual rights of We the People Randy E. Barnett | 7.4.2018 9: ...

On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. By this charter, they formed a new country … one free from a distant king's rule.

This is where the Declaration of Independence turns from defining its purpose to defending it and why it is necessary to act. “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established ...

Or with judicial independence: “He has made Judges on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices.” Those issues live, in the United States and elsewhere.

The United States' Declaration of Independence from England is basically just a litany of accusations against the king. There was never a proper trial, with lawyers representing the king to give ...

On July 2nd, 1776, the Congress of the United States voted for independence from Great Britain. On July 4th, 1776, it officially adopted the American Theory of Government, which was publicly ...