The key resolution - "These United Colonies are,and of right ought to be,free and independent states..." - was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by delegate

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The key resolution, stating that the colonies should be free and independent states, was introduced by Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776. The resolution was later amended and adopted as the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with Thomas Jefferson as the primary author.

The Key Resolution - "These United Colonies Are,and of Right