Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!
The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.
LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.
Continental Congress tables the draft of the Declaration of Independence and resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, with Benjamin Harrison presiding.
Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania John Morton agrees to break a voting deadlock and side with Benjamin Franklin in favor of independence.