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The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

by the Founding Fathers of the United States

Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. (Summary from wikipedia.org)

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Read by Jim Cadwell

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• Chapter 1 - 00:10:11
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