Declaration Of The Independence Of The United States

'Declaration of the Independence of the United States', (1776), 1890. United States Declaration of Independence, 1776 at Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, declaring the Thirteen Colonies would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)