- Account of a Declaration
 - Thomas Jefferson's account of the circumstances leading to the Declaration of Independence. - Avalon Project: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Text of the document listing the grievances of the American colonists against King George III and declaring their separation from the British Crown.
- Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull, The
- Includes Trumbull's famous painting of the signers of the Declaration, a key to figures in the picture, and an account of how and why he painted it.
- Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies, The
- Text of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. From the Indiana University School of Law.
- Declaration of Independence Road Trip
- Nonprofit, non-partisan project that takes an original copy of the Declaration of Independence on a three-and-a-half year, cross-country tour.
- Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
- Exhibit from the Library of Congress. Features chronology, engravings, and documents, including rough drafts of the Declaration.
- Founding.com
- User's guide to the Declaration of Independence. Includes a timeline of events, collection of documents related to America's founding era, and essays on the meaning of American citizenship.
- History Channel: The Declaration of Independence
- Features biographies of the signers, a teacher's guide, and interpretations of the document.
- Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation
- Examining how it has been translated into different languages and at different times.
- Modern History Sourcebook: Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775
- Resolution allegedly adopted in 1775 that includes phrases similar to Jefferson's document.
- NPR: The Reading of the Declaration of Independence
- Online feature dedicated to NPR's annual July 4 tradition.
- USHistory.org: The Declaration of Independence
- Features text of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson's account, a list of signers, and links.
- Virtualology: The Declaration of Independence
- Features the background of the Declaration of Independence, with scans of original documents and handwriting samples of the committee of five.
- Wikipedia: United States Declaration of Independence
- Overview of the history of the Declaration of Independence including images, text, and notes on signers of the historic document.
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