In Congress, Friday June 7, 1776. The delegates from Virginia moved in obedience to instructions from their constituents that the Congress should declare 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. That measures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers and a Confederation be formed to bind the colonies more closely together.
The Declaration
The Declaration
The Declaration
In Congress, Friday June 7, 1776. The delegates from Virginia moved in obedience to instructions from their constituents that the Congress should declare 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. That measures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers and a Confederation be formed to bind the colonies more closely together.