That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States… — Declaration of Independence
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.
Declaration of Independence
1776
★ 6.1Provenance
Current citation
The National Archives. The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript. 24 July 2020, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.
Original citation
United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.
