Declaration of Independence (1776)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Declaration_of_Independence_(1776)

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gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:archivedAt	gptkb:National_Archives,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Independence_Day_(July_4)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:hasSection	gptkb:Resolution_of_Independence Preamble List of Grievances
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Declaration of Independence (1776)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:French_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen Latin American independence movements
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:John_Locke Enlightenment philosophy
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:locationSigned	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:mediaType	parchment
gptkbp:purpose	declare independence from Great Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Bill_of_Rights gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:Caesar_Rodney gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:John_Witherspoon gptkb:Roger_Sherman gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Stephen_Hopkins gptkb:Abraham_Clark gptkb:Arthur_Middleton gptkb:Button_Gwinnett gptkb:Charles_Carroll gptkb:Francis_Hopkinson gptkb:George_Taylor gptkb:George_Walton gptkb:John_Hart gptkb:Lewis_Morris gptkb:Lyman_Hall gptkb:Matthew_Thornton gptkb:Oliver_Wolcott gptkb:Richard_Stockton gptkb:Thomas_Heyward_Jr. gptkb:Thomas_Lynch_Jr. gptkb:Thomas_Nelson_Jr. gptkb:William_Ellery gptkb:William_Whipple gptkb:William_Williams gptkb:Edward_Rutledge gptkb:George_Ross gptkb:John_Penn gptkb:Joseph_Hewes gptkb:Philip_Livingston gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:Samuel_Chase gptkb:William_Floyd gptkb:William_Hooper gptkb:William_Paca gptkb:George_Wythe gptkb:George_Read gptkb:James_Wilson gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston gptkb:Francis_Lewis gptkb:Josiah_Bartlett gptkb:Thomas_Stone July 4, 1776 Thomas McKean
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	6