Declaration Of Independence

This article is about declarations of independence in general. Specific declarations of independence are listed below in alphabetical order. A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. Such places are usually formed from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state.
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Noun
1. the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
(hypernym) resolution, declaration, resolve

This is a state paper issued on July 4th, 1776, by people representing the thirteen colonies that became the United States of America, wherein are set forth:

Certain natural and unalienable rights of man; the uses and purposes of governments the right of the people to institute or to abolish them; the sufferings of the colonies, and their right to withdraw from the tyranny of the king of Great Britain.

The various acts of tyranny of the British King.

The petitions for redress of these injuries, and the refusal to redress them; the recital of an appeal to the people of Great Britain, and of their being deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity.

An appeal to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of the intentions of the representatives.

A declaration that the 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 connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be dissolved.

A pledge by the representatives to each other, of their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

The effect of this declaration was the establishment of the government of the United States as free and independent of Great Britain.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Eng: declaration of independence
Urdu: اعلانِ آزادی ۔ اعلانِ استقلال ۔