DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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Introduction

Adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, the Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States of America. In addition to Congress's official explanation of “the causes which impel” Americans to declare their independence from Great Britain, the document also identifies the founders' political philosophy of limited government dedicated to the protection of individual rights (Machan, 2001).

Apparently, today the United States of America is a completely diversified and distinct entity, as it was in 1776. Although numerous factors have influenced ...