- Wikipedia: United States Declaration of Independence
Overview of the history of the Declaration of Independence including images, text, and notes on signers of the historic document.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
- Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies, The
Text of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. From the Indiana University School of Law.
www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html
- Avalon Project: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Text of the document listing the grievances of the American colonists against King George III and declaring their separation from the British Crown.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/declare.htm
- Founding.com
User's guide to the Declaration of Independence. Includes a timeline of events, collection of documents related to America's founding era, and essays on the meaning of American citizenship.
www.founding.com
- Declaration of Independence Road Trip
Nonprofit, non-partisan project that takes an original copy of the Declaration of Independence on a three-and-a-half year, cross-country tour.
www.independenceroadtrip.org
- USHistory.org: The Declaration of Independence
Features text of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson's account, a list of signers, and links.
www.ushistory.org/declaration
- Virtualology: The Declaration of Independence
Features the background of the Declaration of Independence, with scans of original documents and handwriting samples of the committee of five.
www.thedeclarationofindependence.org
- Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull, The
Includes Trumbull's famous painting of the signers of the Declaration, a key to figures in the picture, and an account of how and why he painted it.
www.americanrevolution.org/decsm.html
- Modern History Sourcebook: Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775
Resolution allegedly adopted in 1775 that includes phrases similar to Jefferson's document.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1775mecklenberg.html
- Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation
Examining how it has been translated into different languages and at different times.
chnm.gmu.edu/declaration
- Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
Exhibit from the Library of Congress. Features chronology, engravings, and documents, including rough drafts of the Declaration.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara
- NPR: The Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Online feature dedicated to NPR's annual July 4 tradition.
www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jul/declaration
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