"Ka ʻauhau me ka ʻole o ka lunamakaʻāinana." ʻo ia ka uwa kaua ma nā kolone he 13 o ʻAmelika, ka mea i koi ʻia e uku i nā ʻauhau i ko ʻEnelani King George III ʻoiai ʻaʻohe o lākou lunamakaʻāinana i ka Pelekikena Pelekane. I ka ulu ʻana o ka hauʻoli ʻole, ua hoʻouna ʻia nā pūʻali koa Pelekania e kinai i ka neʻe mua i ka kipi. ʻO nā hoʻāʻo hou ʻana a nā Kolonani e hoʻonā i ka pilikia me ka hakakā ʻole o ka pūʻali koa i hua ʻole.
Ma Iune 11, 1776, ua hui ka ʻĀinapuni ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ ʻ Hui ʻelua ʻelua mau kolone i loko o Piladelapia a ua hoʻokumu ʻia i komite nona ka manaʻo kikoʻī e kākau ana i kahi palapala e wāwahi ʻia ai kā lākou pilina me Pelekane Nui.
ʻO ke komite ʻo Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, a me Robert R. Livingston. ʻO Jefferson, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka mea kākau ikaika a ʻoi loa hoʻi o ka mea kākau, i hana i ka palapala kikoʻī kumu (e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma luna). Ua hoʻololi ʻia he 86 mau hoʻololi i kāna kikoʻī a ua ʻĀpono ka ʻĀina Continental i ka mana hope loa ma Iulai 4, 1776.

I ka lā aʻe, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā kope o ka Declaration of Independence, a ma ka lā 6 o Iulai. Ka Hale Puhi ahiahi ʻo Pennsylvania lilo i nūpepa mua loa e paʻi i ka palapala kupaianaha. ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke kūʻokoʻa i lilo ia i hōʻailona aloha nui loa ʻia o ko ke kūʻokoʻa.

Ma Iulai 8, 1776, ua mālama ʻia nā heluhelu lehulehu mua o ka Hōʻike ma ka Independence Square o Piladelapia i ke kani ʻana o nā bele a me nā mele mele. Hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, i ka lā 4 o Iulai, 1777, ua hōʻailona ʻo Philadelphia i ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa ma o ka hoʻopanee ʻana i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana me nā ahi ahi, nā bele a me nā ahi ahi.

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On July 8, 1776, the first public readings of the Declaration were held in Philadelphia's Independence Square to the ringing of bells and band music.
The following day, copies of the Declaration of Independence were distributed, and on July 6, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first newspaper to print the extraordinary document.
A total of 86 changes were made to his draft and the Continental Congress officially adopted the final version on July 4, 1776.