That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from 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.
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Richard Henry Lee introduced the resolution calling for independence from England.
Richard Henry Lee
The resolution was moved in congress by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia on instructions from that colony's legislature.
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee.