congress received the resolution advocating a declaration of independence on june 28, 1776.
congress received the resolution advocating a declaration of independence on june 28, 1776.
when did congress receive the resolution advocating a declaration of independence?
june 28 , 1776
congress as a whole was not yet ready to declare independence at that moment, because the delegates from some of the colonies, including maryland, pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey, and new york, had not yet been authorized to vote for independence. voting on the first clause of lee's resolution was therefore postponed for three weeks while advocates of independence worked to build support in the colonial governments for the resolution. meanwhile, a committee of five was appointed to prepare a formal declaration so that it would be ready when independence, which almost everyone recognized was now inevitable, was approved. the committee prepared a declaration of independence, written primarily by thomas jefferson, and presented it to congress on june 28, 1776.
lee resolution
the years after the 1920 election witnessed major developments at the national level. gandhi and his followers including c. rajagopalachari strongly believed in congress not participating in the elections. however, chittaranjan das (c. r. das), motilal nehru and few others encouraged congress participation in election. the party passed a resolution on 7 september 1922 to allow its members to stand as candidates and participate in the elections. c. r. das's attempt to move a resolution advocating active participation in elections, at the congress meeting held in gaya in december 1922 after the imprisonment of gandhi failed. soon afterwards, c. r. das and his followers formed swaraj party on 1 january 1923. their platform included fighting the elections and participating in the elections and continue non-cooperation from within the diarchy. however, they did not secede from congress and remained as a pressure group within the congress. after much debate between the pro- and anti-council entry members within the congress, a special meeting held in late september 1923 in delhi authorised willing congressmen to participate in elections while reinstating its commitment to non-cooperation. rajagopalachari who did not attend the meeting expressed his support for council entry. despite his national support for council entry, he continued working against it in tamil nadu. after gandhi was released from jail in february 1924, he was willing to accommodate the swarajists in the congress fold while expressing dislike for council entry. he advised rajaji also to follow a similar course in madras and it was not until 1925 rajaji publicly accepted gandhi's advice.s. srinivasa iyengar joined the swarajists and became the leader of the party machinery for the madras presidency.
1923 madras presidency legislative council election