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The 53 pages that link to United States Declaration of Independence, each with the reason it gives.

• John LockeRelated: Its language of natural rights and government by consent echoes themes associated with Locke.

• Thomas JeffersonRelated: Jefferson drafted its central text, including its enduring claim about human equality.

• Benjamin FranklinRelated: Franklin was one of five members of the committee that drafted it and helped revise Jefferson’s text.

• United StatesRelated: It announced the break with Britain and articulated principles later central to national identity.

• American Revolutionary WarRelated: It made independence the stated objective of the war.

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the CitizenRelated: Its language of inherent rights and legitimate government formed part of the declaration's intellectual context.

• George IIIRelated: It denounced George III and became a founding text of the United States.

• Continental ArmyRelated: After independence was declared, the army fought for a nation rather than reconciliation within the empire.

• Norman LearRelated: Lear founded the nonprofit People for the American Way Foundation to promote public engagement with the document.

• The American DreamRelated: Its language of equal rights became a lasting foundation for the ideal.

• Charles CornwallisRelated: Cornwallis fought to defeat the independence movement the declaration had proclaimed.

• Declaration of SentimentsRelated: The declaration adapts its structure and language, especially the famous equality claim.

• Thomas PaineRelated: Paine’s arguments helped build public support for the declaration’s cause.

• Act of AbjurationRelated: Its grievance-based case for ending allegiance echoed arguments found in the Dutch declaration.

• Virginia Declaration of RightsRelated: Both texts express natural-rights arguments, though the Virginia declaration addresses state government.

• Continental CongressRelated: Congress adopted this declaration as its clearest assertion of national authority.

• Gettysburg AddressRelated: Lincoln’s phrase “all men are created equal” echoes its declaration and gives the war a founding-era standard.

• Battle of Long IslandRelated: The battle followed independence by weeks and tested the new nation’s ability to defend itself.

• Eastern United StatesRelated: It was adopted in Philadelphia, one of the region’s founding political centers.

• Province of New YorkRelated: Its adoption marked New York’s break from the royal government.

• Central African Republic independenceRelated: The Central African Republic’s independence was formally proclaimed in August 1960.

• Treaty of Alliance (1778)Related: France’s treaty recognized the independence proclaimed in this earlier document.

• Centennial ExpositionRelated: The exposition commemorated its hundredth anniversary.

• Liberty BellRelated: The bell’s inscription quotes Leviticus, later linked to the Declaration’s language of liberty.

• Province of Massachusetts BayRelated: Massachusetts’s revolutionary government ended the province as it asserted independence.

• Province of New HampshireRelated: New Hampshire delegates helped declare independence after the province’s royal government collapsed.

• National dayRelated: Many national days commemorate the declaration that announced a nation’s independence.

• History of VirginiaRelated: Virginia delegates helped draft and approve the declaration that made independence national policy.

• Imperial and US customary systemsRelated: The political separation preceded Britain’s formal creation of the Imperial system.

• Jefferson MemorialRelated: Its language appears in the memorial, linking Jefferson’s authorship to national ideals.

• United States of AmericaRelated: It announced the break with Britain and articulated the new country's founding claims.