If one means the formal pronouncement by the Continental Congress that the colonies are independent, then it is July 2, 1776, when a voice vote was taken on declaring independence. If one means the document itself, then it would be July 4, 1776, when the written document was approved by all delegates and John Hancock and Charles Thomson signed it to authenticate it as a pronouncement of the Congress so it could be printed and distributed to the states and armies. The copy with the 56 signers names did nothing to alter or confirm either the July 2 vote or the July 4 adoption of the document.
Believe it or not, there are many people that do not know this answer. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, which is why this day is known as Independence Day.
Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania, signed the Declaration of Independence and later pushed for Pennsylvania to ratify the new Constitution of the United States. He had little or no effect on the wording of the Declaration of Independence.
There were 56 representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 2, 1776.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783
Who signed the Declaration of Independenc?
Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania, signed the Declaration of Independence and later pushed for Pennsylvania to ratify the new Constitution of the United States. He had little or no effect on the wording of the Declaration of Independence.
There were 56 representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence.
he signed the Declaration of Independence
Purna Swaraj was the person who signed the declaration of independence of India.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 2, 1776.
44 signed the Declaration.
what are the names of those men that signed the declaration of liberia indepedence
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783
No countries signed the American Declaration of Independence, only American colonists.
George Clymer, from Pennsylvania, was 37 when he signed the Declaration of Independence.