the Declaration of Independence

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gptkbp:instanceOf historical document
gptkbp:author gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Independence_Day
gptkbp:contains the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentType political manifesto
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:famousQuote 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'
gptkbp:firstPublished July 8, 1776
gptkbp:formed July 4, 1776
gptkbp:historicalSignificance foundation_of_American_democracy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:influenced other independence movements
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:William_Whipple
gptkb:George_Read
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:George_Wythe
gptkb:Francis_Lewis
gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:James_Smith
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Thomas_McKean
gptkb:Richard_Stockton
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Robert_Treat_Paine
gptkb:George_Ross
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Samuel_Chase
gptkb:Francis_Lightfoot_Lee
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Caesar_Rodney
gptkb:James_Wilson
gptkb:Lyman_Hall
gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkb:John_Morton
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Carter_Braxton
gptkb:George_Walton
gptkb:John_Dickinson
gptkb:Stephen_Hopkins
gptkb:Charles_Carroll
gptkb:George_Clymer
gptkb:Button_Gwinnett
gptkb:William_Paca
gptkb:William_Ellery
gptkb:Thomas_Nelson_Jr.
gptkb:Charles_Thomson
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:purpose to_declare_independence_from_Great_Britain
gptkbp:signatories gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Robert_R._Livingston
gptkbp:type formal declaration