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  1. 20 hours ago · Manhattan, KS (66502) Today. Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. High 87F.

  2. 5 days ago · Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum .) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.

  3. 1 day ago · Paine linked independence with Protestant beliefs, as a means to present a distinctly American political identity, and he initiated open debate on a topic few had dared to discuss.: 33 As Common Sense was circulated throughout the Thirteen Colonies, public support for independence from Great Britain steadily increased.

  4. 3 days ago · Lee’s resolution led to the creation of the “Committee of Five,” comprised of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. This committee was tasked with drafting a formal declaration of independence.

  5. 3 days ago · Declaration of Independence, document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. On July 2 the Congress had resolved that ‘these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.’.

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  6. 4 days ago · 7. Robert Treat Paine (Massachusetts) 8. Elbridge Gerry (Massachusetts) 9. Stephen Hopkins (Rhode Island) 10. William Ellery (Rhode Island) 11. Roger Sherman (Connecticut) 12. Samuel Huntington (Connecticut) 13. William Williams (Connecticut) 14. Oliver Wolcott (Connecticut) 15. William Floyd (New York) 16. Philip Livingston (New York) 17 ...

  7. 1 day ago · In 1798 the tune became “Adams and Liberty,” written by Thomas Paine (later called Robert Treat Paine, Jr., and not the same person as the author of Common Sense, with whom he is sometimes confused) to celebrate and rally support for the nation’s second president, John Adams.