14h 39min, jul 4, 1776 y - Declaration of Independence
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Over a year after the outbreak of the revolutionary war, the colonies wrote and ratified their Declaration of Independence. It stated that they were 13 independent states, no longer under British rule. The Declaration of Independence is one of the most famous documents in the world and set up a new country, independent from British rule.
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