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Declaration of Independence (United States)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Declaration_of_Independence_(United_States)
GPTKB entity
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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_4th)
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:draftedBy
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkb:Committee_of_Five
gptkbp:hasSection
Preamble
Signatures
List of grievances
Resolution of independence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Declaration of Independence (United States)
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
gptkbp:mediaType
parchment
gptkbp:notableQuote
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
consent of the governed
all men are created equal
unalienable Rights
gptkbp:originalTitle
gptkb:The_unanimous_Declaration_of_the_thirteen_united_States_of_America
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:National_Archives,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:purpose
declare independence from Great Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
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:Abraham_Clark
gptkb:Arthur_Middleton
gptkb:Button_Gwinnett
gptkb:Carter_Braxton
gptkb:Charles_Carroll
gptkb:Francis_Hopkinson
gptkb:Francis_Lightfoot_Lee
gptkb:George_Clymer
gptkb:George_Walton
gptkb:John_Hart
gptkb:Lewis_Morris
gptkb:Lyman_Hall
gptkb:Richard_Stockton
gptkb:Thomas_Heyward_Jr.
gptkb:Thomas_Lynch_Jr.
gptkb:Thomas_Nelson_Jr.
gptkb:William_Whipple
gptkb:William_Williams
gptkb:Edward_Rutledge
gptkb:John_Morton
gptkb:John_Penn
gptkb:Joseph_Hewes
gptkb:Philip_Livingston
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Samuel_Chase
gptkb:William_Hooper
gptkb:William_Paca
gptkb:George_Wythe
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkb:Charles_Thomson
gptkb:George_Read
gptkb:James_Wilson
gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkb:Francis_Lewis
gptkb:Thomas_Stone
Thomas McKean
gptkbp:subject
natural rights
self-government
right to revolution
grievances against King George III
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen_of_1789
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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