Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776

A fresh, gripping history of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, Declaration reveals how Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, and the Continental Congress battled through the political upheaval in Philadelphia in 1776 to bring about America’s break from Britain.

This is the rambunctious story of how America came to declare independence in Philadelphia in 1776. As late as that May, the Continental Congress had no plans to break away from Englan...