jul 2, 1776 - Lee Resolution

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A resolution approved by the Continental Congress that declared the secession of the rebellious states from Great Britain. Named after Virginia Burgess Richard Henry Lee, who proposed the document to Congress, it was approved by every rebellious colony but New York, whose delegates had not yet been instructed by their state governments on how to vote (they voted to join the new states on July 9). Before the voting, Congress established three committees in anticipation of the resolution passing: one to write a formal declaration of independence, another to create a frame of government for the new country, and the last to draft a model treaty for foreign relations. The Declaration of Independence would be signed on July 4, two days after Congress decided to secede.

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