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"The Resolution for Independence agreed to July 2, 1776" in the handwriting of Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress. Thomson's marks at the bottom right indicate the 12 colonies that voted for independence, while the Province of New York abstained. Richard Henry Lee proposed the resolution on June 7, 1776.
The Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress was a group of five members who drafted and presented to the full Congress in Pennsylvania State House what would become the United States Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776, until July 5, 1776, the day on which the ...
Hannah (Harrison) Thomson, Charles' second wife, by Joseph Wright (c.1785) "The Resolution for Independence agreed to July 2, 1776" (known as the Lee Resolution) in Thomson's handwriting. His marks at the bottom right indicate the 12 colonies that voted for independence and that the Province of New York abstained.
Known as the Lee Resolution, and passed by the delegates on July 2, 1776, it referred to the United Colonies, reading in part: Resolved, 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 ...
It eventually adopted the Lee Resolution which established the new country on July 2, 1776, and it agreed to the Declaration of Independence two days later. Afterward, the Congress functioned as the provisional government of the United States through March 1, 1781.
Over the past year, a number of high-profile companies have done about-faces on diversity, including Meta (), Walmart (), McDonald's (), Lowe’s (), Ford (), Tractor Supply (), and John Deere ...
Los Angeles’ Center Theater Group will host two world premieres, a West Coast bow, a U.S. launch and several classics and modern hits for its 2022-23 season. The initial programming lineup for ...
The body adopted the Lee Resolution for Independence on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4, 1776, proclaiming that the former colonies were now independent sovereign states. The Second Continental Congress served as the provisional government of the U.S. during most of the Revolutionary War.