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1776 Declaration of Independence
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https://gptkb.org/entity/1776_Declaration_of_Independence
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:adoptedBy
gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
1776-07-04
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Independence_Day_(July_4)
gptkbp:contains
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States_of_America
gptkbp:draftedBy
gptkb:Committee_of_Five
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1776 Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:John_Locke
Enlightenment philosophy
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:locationSigned
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:mediaType
parchment
gptkbp:numberOfSigners
56
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:The_unanimous_Declaration_of_the_thirteen_united_States_of_America
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Lee_Resolution
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:National_Archives,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:purpose
declare independence from Great Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:signedBy
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkbp:subject
human rights
independence
self-government
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bennington_Flag
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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