1776 Live(@250YearsAgoLive):After South Carolina reverses its position, Continental Congress votes to declare INDEPENDENCE from Britain, adopting a legal separation from the Crown. Charles Thomson, Secretary for Continental Congress, uses hash marks to note how many colonies voted for the severance from the Crown. John Adams writes in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that “the second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in American history.” But although newspapers report the independence, no mass celebrations break out.

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After South Carolina reverses its position, Continental Congress votes to declare INDEPENDENCE from Britain, adopting a legal separation from the Crown. Charles Thomson, Secretary for Continental Congress, uses hash marks to note how many colonies voted for the severance from the Crown. John Adams writes in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that “the second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in American history.” But although newspapers report the independence, no mass celebrations break out.