50 Facts of Declaration

50 Facts about the Declaration of Independence | Declaration of Independence Fact 1 | The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, by the congressional representatives of the 13 Colonies of Colonial America. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 2 | The document was signed by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress | | Declaration of Independence Fact 3 | The document stated the reasons the 13 American colonies wanted to be free of Great Britain's government. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 4 | The Declaration of Independence states that the authority to govern belongs to the people, rather than to kings, that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 5 | The American colonies had been at war with Great Britain for over a year when the document was signed. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 6 | The document recorded the proclamation of the Second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 7 | The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), aka the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America on April 19, 1775 and ended September 3, 1783. The American Revolutionary War(1775–1783) lasted 8 years and 137 days. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 8 | The reason for the American Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence was due to the belief that the Stamp Act of 1765, imposed by Parliament of Great Britain, was unconstitutional. | | Declaration of Independence Fact 9 | American Loyalists rejected the Declaration of Independence. Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain and the king during the American Revolutionary War. Those who supported the American revolution, and the Declaration of