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What was the declaration of independence

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---The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government.

---The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence—written largely by Jefferson—in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.

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