When1: 1776.0702
Who: Declaration of Independence
What: independence
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Detail: USA declared independence from Britain on July 2. Thomas Jefferson wrote Declaration, with Benjamin Franklin's help. John Hancock, Second Continental Congress president, signed his name in large letters.
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