The Lee Resolution The Founding Of The United State Of America
The Lee Resolution, formally titled “The Resolution for Independence,” was the definitive legal act by which the Second Continental Congress declared the Thirteen Colonies free and independent states, separate from the British Empire, on July 2, 1776. Proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia and seconded by John Adams, the resolution resolved that all political connection between the colonies and Great Britain was “totally dissolved,” creating …
