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A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state.
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: North Carolina establishes strong anti-British resolutions. 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: The United States proclaims its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1791: Declaration of Pillnitz: Calls on European powers to intervene if Louis XVI of France is threatened.
John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence has played a significant role in popular conceptions of the Declaration of Independence. The painting is 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) in size and was commissioned by the United States Congress in 1817; it has hung in the United States Capitol Rotunda since 1826.
Various states have never declared independence throughout their formations and hence are not included in the main list on this page, including states that were formed by the unification of multiple independent states, such as the United Kingdom, United States, and Tanzania, including states that did declare independence, but whose most recent ...
Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. [61] At age 33, he was one of the youngest delegates to the Second Continental Congress beginning in 1775 at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, where a formal declaration of independence from Britain was overwhelmingly favored. [62]
"Declare Independence" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. It was released on 1 January 2008 through One Little Indian as the third single from her sixth studio album, Volta .
Declare Yourself was an American campaign that aimed to encourage young people to register to vote. The campaign was founded by philanthropist , Norman Lear in 2004 and was led by former American presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford .
The Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation (Slovak: Deklarácia Slovenskej národnej rady o zvrchovanosti Slovenskej republiky) was a resolution of the Slovak National Council on 17 July 1992, by which members of the Council demanded Slovakia's independence although it was not a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.