July 2, 1776 - The Continental Congress votes for independence, passing a
resolution offered by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: "Resolved, That
these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the
State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."
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