1776 US Declaration of Independence

240 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress of the 13 American colonies, meeting in Philadelphia, adopted the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Its main author was the future US President Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration proclaimed: “We proceed from the self-evident truth that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. managed".