MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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a single reading
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revisions by congress
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vote by colonial citizens
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Jefferson’s approval
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Detailed explanation-1: -The congressional revision process took all of July 3rd and most of July 4th. Finally, in the afternoon of July 4th, the Declaration was adopted.
Detailed explanation-2: -The discussion in Congress resulted in some alterations and deletions, but the basic document remained Jefferson’s. The process of revision continued through all of July 3 and into the late morning of July 4. The Declaration had been officially adopted.
Detailed explanation-3: -DECLARING INDEPENDENCE 39 revisions were made on the text before it was adopted on the 4th of July, 1776.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Continental Congress Votes for Independence The process of consideration and revision of Jefferson’s declaration (including Adams’ and Franklin’s corrections) continued on July 3 and into the late morning of July 4, during which Congress deleted and revised some one-fifth of its text.
Detailed explanation-5: -On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain.