Declaration of Independence (1776)

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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)
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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
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gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
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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.
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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
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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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gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
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