The Declaration of . . . Dependence?

Everyone knows about the Declaration of Independence, but did you know that a few months after its signing, New York loyalists created a Declaration of Dependence? Learn more in this short from History Left Behind!

Bibliography

“1776 Declaration of Dependence.” United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada. Accessed June 27, 2024. uelac.ca/history/declaration-of-dependence/.

McNamara, Sandra. “The Loyalist Declaration of Dependence, 1776.” Journal of the American Revolution, December 20, 2018. allthingsliberty.com/2018/12/the-loyalist-declaration-of-dependence-of-1776/

New York State Parks. “A Declaration That Lost A Fortune.” New York State Parks & Historic Sites Blog, June 30, 2020. nystateparks.blog/2020/06/30/a-declaration-that-lost-a-fortune/

“Petition of 547 loyalists from New York City, November 28, 1776.” New York Historical Society. Accessed June 27, 2024. digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A120065#page/1/mode/2up

“To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 July 1811,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5659.

Media Sources

“Declaration of Independence” (1819). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg

“Frederick Philipse III” (Before 1785). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Philipse_III.jpg

“New York Historical Society” (2019) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_Historical_Society_(48269593386).jpg. Taken by Ajay Suresh, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

“Nicolas Cage – Kirk Weaver” (2007). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_Cage_-_KirkWeaver.jpg. Taken by Kirk Weaver, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.