The Declaration of Independence A Study In The History of Political Ideas - Softcover

A Study In The History of Political IdeasBy Carl Becker, Joe Henry MitchellThe Declaration of Independence A Study In The History of Political Ideas By Carl BeckerTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEIT is often forgotten that the document whichwe know as the Declaration of Independence isnot the official act by which the ContinentalCongress voted in favor of separation from GreatBritain. June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, onbehalf of the Virginia delegation, submitted tothe Continental Congress three resolutions, ofwhich the first declared that "these UnitedColonies are, and of right ought to be, freeand independent States, that they are absolvedfrom all allegiance to the British Crown, andthat all political connection between them andthe State of Great Britain is, and ought tobe, totally dissolved."

The Declaration of Independence A Study In The History of Political Ideas By Carl Becker