The vote for independence (video)

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted a resolution of independence from Great Britain. (The delegates from New York abstained from the vote). The resolution had first been presented to Congress on June 7, but New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and South Carolina were unwilling to declare independence at that time, so Congress appointed a committee to draft a formal document outlining the arguments in support of such resolution and agreed to pos

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted a resolution of independence from Great Britain. (The delegates from New York abstained from the vote). The resolution had first been presented to Congress on June 7, but New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and South Carolina were unwilling to declare independence at that time, so Congress appointed a committee to draft a formal document outlining the arguments in support of such resolution and agreed to pos…