The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was a statement aproved by the Continental Congress in July 4, 1776, that stated that after the war with Great Brittain, the 13 colonies will be independent, and no longer part of England.

It was primarly written by Thomas Jefferson. It stated that why do they wanted to declare independence from Great Brittain, more than one year after of the American Revolution´s War. It stated a list of grievances against King George III.

Bu July 1776, the colonies and Great Brittain had been in war during one year. The relation between the Colonies and England began to deteriorate.

Declaration of Independence 

                                                                                
List of Signers of the American Declaration of Independence.

John Hancock                      
Joshia Bartlett
William Whipple
Matthew Thornton
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Roger Sherman
William Hungtington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
William Floyd
Phillip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morrison
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
George Read
Caesar Rodney
Thomas McKean
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carrol of Carrollton
Gergre Gwythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward Jr.
Thomas Lynch Jr.
Arthur Middleton
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton