WE ARE FREE!!!!!!! That wonderful, amazing, outstanding Second Continental Congress finally wrote a document and sent it over to the King. It is called the Declaration of Independence. It had 3 parts. First came the Preamble which was basically the introduction. The List of Greviaces is my favorite. It contained about 30 or more things the mean, stupid King has done to us, if the notice in town was correct. The last part was the actual "Declaration" of Independence. Our new seal has something to do with "out of many one" which I believe translates into "E pluribus unum" in Latin. This was one of the happiest days I have had in a very long time.
PHOTO: The Second Continental Congress with the Declaration of Independence
SOURCES:
Declaration of Independence." Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011. Web. 10 Nov. 2011.
<http://www.school.eb.com/comptons/article-9273945>.
Declaration of Independence: drawn up by Continental Congress. Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/art-55429>.
(for photo)
Deverell, William and Deborah G. White. United States History. Austin, Texas, United States Of America: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2008. Print.
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