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Originally Posted by Platapus
Congress voted to approve the Lee Resolution on 2 July, which is the day we declared our independence. |
Yes indeed. Congress voted for independence on the 2nd. But they had already decided to be independent the day they sent the committee in to write the thing. So the July 2nd vote made it official, and that is very important, but...
[/quote]The declaration of independence was signed on 4 July, but that was not the legal action that declared independence. That was just a document intended to get buy-in from a less than sympathetic population.[/QUOTE]
I this case you need to read your own link a little more closely. The document wasn't signed until August 2nd. And you're right, the document itself isn't the vote that passed the resolution, but...
Independence wasnt'
declared until July 5, when the first copies were circulated to the public.
And since the final copy says "In Congress, July 4", that's what we get to live with. All of your (and my) objections don't add up to a hill of beans.
