On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain. Approximately 20 percent of the members of Congress were opposed to separation ...

Why? It was on July 2, 1776, that the Continental Congress voted in favour of the resolution for independence, though the Declaration of Independence wasn’t formally adopted until two days later.

Two very different groups of colonial revolutionaries gathered in July of 1776. The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, ...