Delegate Richard Henry Lee, of the colony of Virginia, proposes,
That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and … Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
[restored 7/23/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Magna Carta, Chapter 61
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1029.
Current U.s. National Debt:
