The Declaration of Independence: A Study In The History of Political Ideas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451507409)

The Declaration of Independence A Study In The History of Political Ideas By Carl Becker THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IT is often forgotten that the document which we know as the Declaration of Independence is not the official act by which the Continental Congress voted in favor of separation from Great Britain. June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, on behalf of the Virginia delegation, submitted to the Continental Congress three resolutions, of which the first declared 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."

Author: Joe Henry Mitchell, Carl Becker
ISBN-10: 1451507402
ISBN-13: 9781451507409
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2010
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.62d