<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> adopts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Resolution" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lee Resolution">resolution</a> severing ties with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> although the wording of the formal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> is not adopted until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_4" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="July 4">July 4</a>.