The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, 1775 in the United States.
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The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -LRB- Independence Hall -RRB- in Philadelphia on July 4 , 1776 , which announced that the thirteen American colonies , then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain , regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states , and no longer under British rule .	Continental Congress	Second Continental Congress	Great Britain	Kingdom of Great Britain	Second Continental Congress	Second Continental Congress	Pennsylvania State House	Pennsylvania State Capitol#History	Independence Hall	Independence Hall	Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	thirteen American colonies	Thirteen Colonies	Kingdom of Great Britain	Kingdom of Great Britain
Instead they formed a new nation -- the United States of America .	United States of America	United States
