The Declaration of Independence

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Declaration_of_Independence

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Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress 1776-07-04
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Founding_Documents_of_the_United_States gptkb:Documents_of_the_American_Revolution 18th-century documents
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	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:hasPart	gptkb:constitutional_law conclusion Prologue list of grievances
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Declaration of Independence
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	gptkb:manuscript printed document
gptkbp:notableQuote	Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:National_Archives_Building,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:purpose	declare independence from Great Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:Bill_of_Rights gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:repository	gptkb:National_Archives_and_Records_Administration
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Roger_Sherman gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:Charles_Thomson gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkbp:subject	human rights revolutionary natural rights self-government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Caslon_Old_Face gptkb:Caslon_Italic
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8