What event started the Declaration of Independence?

Led to the Boston Tea Party. Boston Tea Party. 1773; colonists dressed as indians stormed into the boston harbor and dumped 23 thousand pounds of tea into the harbor. British ships were bruned. read more

There are more events that led up to the Declaration of Independence for example in 1776, Paine wrote Common Sense, a 79-page pamphlet in which he offered "nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense" on the idea of American independence from England. read more

Together with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence can be counted as one of the three essential founding documents of the United States government. read more

The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. read more