United States Declaration of Independence
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Summary
United States Declaration of Independence is a declaration of independence[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of declaration of independence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,063 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Thomas Jefferson[3], Timothy Matlack[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Followed by: Articles of Confederation[6]
- Location: Independence Hall[7]
- Place of publication: Thirteen Colonies[8]
- Commons category: United States Declaration of Independence[9]
- Language of work or name: English[10]
- Legislated by: Second Continental Congress[11]
- Country of origin: Kingdom of Great Britain[12]
- Publication date: July 4, 1776[13]
- Point in time: July 4, 1776[14]
- Participant: Thomas Stone[15]
- Has edition or translation: United States Declaration of Independence (engrossed copy)[16], United States Declaration of Independence (Dunlap Broadside)[17], draft of the Declaration of Independence[18], United States Declaration of Independence (Goddard Broadside)[19], Declaration of Independence (US Statutes at Large)[20], Q121791879[21], Q131904953[22], Q133829716[23]
- Significant event: signing[24]
- Authority: Second Continental Congress[25]
- Has cause: American Revolution[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:United States Declaration of Independence[27]
- Work available at URL: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript[28]
- Applies to jurisdiction: United States[29]
- Described by source: Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[34], New International Encyclopedia[35], The New Student's Reference Work[36], Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band[37]
- Published in: St. Nicholas Magazine[38], St. Louis Post-Dispatch[39]
- Title: A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States in America, in General Congress assembled.[40]
- Native label: United States Declaration of Independence[41]
- Signatory: Benjamin Franklin[42], Edward Rutledge[43], Benjamin Harrison V[44], George Read[45], Thomas McKean[46], Caesar Rodney[47], George Clymer[48], Robert Morris[49], Benjamin Rush[50], James Smith[51], George Taylor[52], John Morton[53], George Ross[54], James Wilson[55]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for United States Declaration of Independence include The Pursuit of Happyness[58], a film[59], directed by Gabriele Muccino[60]; Independence[61], a city in the United States[62], in United States[63], founded in 1827[64]; and The Pursuit of Happiness[65], a film[66], directed by Robert Mulligan[67].
Why It Matters
United States Declaration of Independence has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 126 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for it include The Pursuit of Happyness[58], a film[59], directed by Gabriele Muccino[60]; Independence[61], a city in the United States[62], in United States[63], founded in 1827[64]; and The Pursuit of Happiness[65], a film[66], directed by Robert Mulligan[67].