Key Events
June 7, 1776
Second Continental Congress started to discuss independence.
"Lee Resolution"
Richard Henry Lee, a representative from Virginia, read a plan for the Continental Congress.
July 2, 1776
Second Continental Congress chooses to announce independence.
The Lee resolution was selected by 12 of the 13 colonies.
Congress started to think about the Declaration.
July 4, 1776
Representatives signed the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration was officially embraced.