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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America   The Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Published on Jul 2, 2012IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776  The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a resolution earlier in the year which made a formal declaration inevitable. A  committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence. Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document, which congress would edit to produce the final version. The Declaration was ultimately a formal expl