Read the Founding Documents of the United States of America-Including All Constitutional Amendments In early June 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed a committee of five men to draft a declaration, a case for the independence of the United Colonies from England.
Congress reconvened in Philadelphia in early July and amended the draft, finally adopting it late in the morning on July 4.
The bold experiment of the United States of America was born.
No document has had a greater impact .