<P> The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House ( now known as Independence Hall ) in Philadelphia on July 4 , 1776 . The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would now regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule . With the Declaration , these states formed a new nation -- the United States of America . </P>
<P> The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House ( now known as Independence Hall ) in Philadelphia on July 4 , 1776 . The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would now regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule . With the Declaration , these states formed a new nation -- the United States of America . </P>
when was the declaration of independence adopted by the continental congress
when was the declaration of independence adopted by the continental congress
July 4 , 1776
July 4 , 1776