Essentials of United States history . STATES HISTORY Declaration consisted of Thomas Jefferson of Virginia,John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Penn-sylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston ofNew York. Thedocument wasdrawn up by .Jef-ferson, and re-vised with merelya few changes byA (1 a m s andFranklin. Thecommittee sub-mitted its reporton the 28th ofJune, and it wasthereupon agreedthat final actionshould be takenon the first dayof July. On thatday the resolu-tion was dis-Jeffehsox Reading to the Committee the First cussed ill theDraft of the Declaration.
Essentials of United States history . STATES HISTORY Declaration consisted of Thomas Jefferson of Virginia,John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Penn-sylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston ofNew York. Thedocument wasdrawn up by .Jef-ferson, and re-vised with merelya few changes byA (1 a m s andFranklin. Thecommittee sub-mitted its reporton the 28th ofJune, and it wasthereupon agreedthat final actionshould be takenon the first dayof July. On thatday the resolu-tion was dis-Jeffehsox Reading to the Committee the First cussed ill theDraft of the Declaration. committee of the whole; John Adams made a strong argument in its favor, andJohn Dickinson of Pennsylvania spoke in opposition, claim-ing that the measure was premature. Two thirds of thecolonies, represented in the committee of the whole, votedfor the resolution, and final action was deferred till the nextday, July 2. The declaration closed with the words: And for the sup-port of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protec-. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1776-1777) 127 tion of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each otherour lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. It The Votewas solemnly understood by the framers that if this for theresolution was adopted, to secede would be infamy, Decla- ration and to persist might be destruction. The mo-ment was critical and of vastimportance. New York wasunable to vote, but, on thefourth of July, 1776, twelvecolonies, without a dissension,adopted and agreed to sup-port the Declaration of theRepresentatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congressassembled. After the vote,some one remarked, Well,now we must all hang to-gether, to which Dr. Frank-lin ironically replied, Yes, orwe shall all hang separately. The declaration was signedby the president and secretaryof the Congress and was then given to the 137. The Declaration Proclaimed.—The bell which later 1 An interesting incident is told by Dr. Prime, the biogr
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