Sentence examples for adopted the declaration from inspiring English sources

On July 2 the Congress itself voted for independence; on July 4 it adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander of the Continental Army in 1775, and on July 4, 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The member churches of the EKD adopted the Declaration of Barmen, with its expression of the communalities of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions, as a foundational statement.

He asked that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon direct the United Nations mission chief in Kosovo to declare the action "null and void" and to dissolve the Kosovo Assembly, which adopted the declaration on Sunday.

Mike Emrick, up in the booth, apologized on his behalf, right afterward, and I, presumably along with many other viewers, immediately adopted the declaration as a motto, in life as in hockey.

Re "Iroquois Defeated by Passport Dispute," July 17: When the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, native peoples throughout the world felt a palpable and long-overdue sense of relief and thought that they had gained a measure of international respect.

Still, there was opposition to such patriarchal views from the beginning, as when Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, asked her husband in 1776, as he went to the Continental Congress to adopt the Declaration of Independence, to "remember the ladies and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors".

Hayden King, director of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University, said while it was wonderful to hear the government would adopt the declaration without any qualifiers, he was skeptical after hearing the minister tout modern treaties.

The Continental Congress's adopting the Declaration of Independence occurred in the summer of 1776 only because those among the financial and political elites who wanted American liberty made secret, common cause with radical populists who wanted American equality.

Adopting the declaration of the Children's Forum, 'A World Fit For Us', as the GMC's own statement of purpose was agreed as the first step.

Prior to adopting the Declaration, participants exchanged information about lessons learned and best practices on early childhood development, children in urban environments, and opportunities and issues concerning adolescents.