The Declaration of Independence was Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.
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The First Continental Congress had nothing to do with the Declaration of Independence.
The citizens of Mecklenburg, North Carolina declared their independence from Britain on May 20, 1775. A copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration was given to Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. This declaration of Independence for this county became the framework for Jefferson and the Continental Congress when writing the famous declaration of 1776 in Philadelphia, PA
That would be the 2nd Continental Congress!!