Declaration of Independence (United States)

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

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Predicate	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	6