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  2. Independence National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Map of Independence National Historic Park in January 2024 [54] The Syng inkstand, used during the signings of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, is exhibited in the park A statue of John Barry in Independence Square. Independence National Historical Park includes: Bishop White House; Carpenters' Hall; Christ Church ...

  3. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    Federalists insisted that Congress's act of declaring independence, in which Federalist John Adams had played a major role, was more important than the document announcing it. [139] [22]: 171 But this view faded away, like the Federalist Party itself, and, before long, the act of declaring independence became synonymous with the document.

  4. Benjamin Franklin National Memorial - Wikipedia

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    It is the focal piece of the Memorial Hall of the Franklin Institute, which was designed by John Windrim and modeled after the Roman Pantheon. The statue and Memorial Hall were designated as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 1972. It is the primary location memorializing Benjamin Franklin in the U.S. [3]

  5. All men are created equal - Wikipedia

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    The quotation "all men are created equal" is found in the United States Declaration of Independence and emblematic of the America's founding ideals.The final form of the sentence was stylized by Benjamin Franklin, and penned by Thomas Jefferson during the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1776. [1]

  6. Independence Hall - Wikipedia

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    It then met in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for one day (September 27, 1777) and in York, Pennsylvania, for nine months (September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778), where the Articles of Confederation were approved in November 1777. The Second Continental Congress again returned to Independence Hall, for its final meetings, from July 2, 1778, to March 1 ...

  7. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    A portrait of Franklin c. 1746–1750, [Note 3] by Robert Feke widely believed to be the earliest known painting of Franklin [69] [70] Join, or Die, a 1754 political cartoon by Franklin, urged the colonies to join the Seven Years' War in the French and Indian War; the cartoon was later resurrected, serving as an iconic symbol in support of the ...

  8. Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence

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    The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. [1] That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4.

  9. Treaty of Paris (1783) - Wikipedia

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    The treaty was drafted on November 30, 1782, [a] and signed at the Hôtel d'York at present-day 56 Rue Jacob in Paris on September 3, 1783, by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Hartley. [ 6 ] In September 1782, French Foreign Minister Vergennes proposed a solution to deadlocked negotiations between the United States and the British, which was rejected ...