Ratified on July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence effectively formed the United States of America. It was signed by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress, and outlined both the philosophical and tangible reasons for becoming independent from Great Britain. The document contains a lot of meaning that I want to go over in-depth, and give history and meaning to each part.
While the document is not formally divided, it is divided into the five unofficial sections below, from the Introduction to the Conclusion. And as much as I would like to include the full text along with this analysis, doing so would make for a cluttered and hard-to-read hub, and so I'll try to include as much as a I can with
