In early 1776, Thomas Paine argued in the closing pages of the first edition of Common Sense that the “ custom of nations ” demanded a formal declaration of American independence if any European power were to mediate a peace between the Americans and Great Britain.

Without such a declaration, Paine concluded, “ he custom of all courts is against us, and will be so, until, by an independence, we take rank with other nations .”

Beyond improving their existing association, the records of the Second Continental Congress show that the need for a declaration of independence was intimately linked with the demands of international relations.

* 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

This page discusses the Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina since Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 and the declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992.

The Kosovo declaration of independence is supported by the majority of EU member states, but disputed by Serbia, which continues to regard Kosovo as its own territory, and most other countries.

A declaration of independence was officially issued by Chile on February 12, 1818 and formally recognized by Spain in 1840, when full diplomatic relations were established.

Costa Rica joined other Central American provinces in 1821 in a joint declaration of independence from Spain.

The declaration of independence by the 13 British colonies of North America, and the victory of the French Revolution of 1789, influenced early Cuban liberation movements, as did the successful revolt of black slaves in Haiti in 1791.

The three years of estrangement following the unilateral declaration of independence and the nationalistic Soilih regime were followed during the conservative Abdallah and Djohar regimes by a period of growing trade, aid, cultural, and defense links between the former colony and France, punctuated by frequent visits to Paris by the head of state and occasional visits by the French president to Moroni.

The Declaration of Arbroath is a declaration of Scottish independence, made in 1320.

A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states.

It considers Taiwan independence to be a current fact making a formal declaration of independence unnecessary.

Also some Silla ( 57 BC-935 AD ) rulers including Beopheung and Jinheung used this title for their declaration of independence from the influence of Goguryeo.

As response to this operation, the Awami League announced the declaration of independence of East Pakistan on March 26, 1971 and began an armed struggle against the Pakistan, with India staunchly supporting Awami League by the means of providing arm ammunition to its guerrilla forces.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still under dispute.

* Four Pillars of Transnistria are the basis of the declaration of independence of Transnistria, a separatist region in Moldova in Eastern Europe

Finland's foreign politics before this deal had been varied: independence from Imperial Russia with support of Imperial Germany in 1917 ; participation in the Russian Civil War ( without official declaration of war ) alongside the Triple Entente 1918 – 1920 ; a non-ratified alliance with Poland in 1922 ; association with the neutralist and democratic Scandinavian countries in the 1930s ended by the Winter War ( 1939 ); and finally in 1940, a rapprochement with Nazi Germany, the only power able to protect Finland against the expansionist Soviet Union, leading to the Continuation War in 1941.

Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917-though supported by most Finns and soon recognized by the Russian Bolshevist Council of People's Commissars-occurred in the context of the worsening power struggle, and therefore failed to either unite or pacify the nation.

Svinhufvud's Senate proposed Finland's declaration of independence, which the Parliament adopted on 6 December 1917.

The Social Democrats voted against the Svinhufvud proposal while presenting an alternative declaration of independence containing no substantial differences.

These changes came about partly as the result of the urgings of Edwin Samuel Montagu, an influential anti-Zionist Jew and secretary of state for India, who was concerned that the declaration without those changes could result in increased anti-Semitic persecution.

When it came to time for Ribbentrop to present the German declaration of war on 22 June 1941 to the Soviet Ambassador, General Vladimir Dekanozov, Paul Schmidt described the scene :" It is just before four on the morning of Sunday, 22 June 1941 in the office of the Foreign Minister.

Although the Norwegian council never recognized the declaration formally, and Norway kept some separate institutions and its legal system, this had the practical effect that the Norwegian possessions of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands came under direct control of the crown.

It was the difficulty in using the longbow which led various monarchs of England to issue instructions encouraging their ownership and practice, including the Assize of Arms of 1252 and King Edward III's declaration of 1363: " Whereas the people of our realm, rich and poor alike, were accustomed formerly in their games to practise archery – whence by God's help, it is well known that high honour and profit came to our realm, and no small advantage to ourselves in our warlike enterprises ... that every man in the same country, if he be able-bodied, shall, upon holidays, make use, in his games, of bows and arrows ... and so learn and practise archery.

The state union effectively came to an end after Montenegro's formal declaration of independence on 3 June 2006, and Serbia's formal declaration of independence on 5 June.

" However, Willkie's greatest support came from the party's internationalist wing, which wanted the US to provide all the aid possible to the Allies ( especially Britain ), short of a formal declaration of war.

The small portion of Navarre lying north of the Pyrenees — Lower Navarre — later came under French rule when its Huguenot sovereign became King Henry IV of France ; with the declaration of the French Republic and execution of Louis XVI, the last King of France and Navarre, the kingdom was merged into a unitary French state.

The only mention of " unconditional surrender " came at the end of the declaration:

The first attempt to establish a sovereign Belarusian state in modern history came in early 1918 with the declaration of independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.

As tensions rose, Croatia declared independence in June 1991 ; however the declaration came into effect on 8 October 1991.

The British and French declaration of war came two days later.

" The formula " We the polis have made libation " was a declaration of peace or the " Truce of God ," which was observed also when the various city-states came together for the Panhellenic Games, the Olympic Games, or the festivals of the Eleusinian Mysteries: this form of libation is " bloodless, gentle, irrevocable, and final.

These events were followed by a French declaration of war on Britain and Hanover in March ; in May came a French declaration of war on Maria Theresa and an Invasion of the Netherlands.

In the end, the Russian declaration of war came as a surprise to both Carol and Kogălniceanu, who had not been informed of the exact date ( April 23 ) when the Imperial Russian Army would start moving into Moldavia — hence, Romanians tended to regard it as an invasion.

Out of this meeting came a declaration called the " Smoketown Statement ".

Official declaration came on July 4, 1946.

This came into force on 23 August 1914, the day of Japan ’ s declaration of war on Germany, after a Japanese ultimatum for unconditional German evacuation of the colony had expired.

The rules contained in this declaration later came to be considered as part of the general principles of international law and the United States too, though not formally a party, abides by provisions.

The declaration of war against Germany on April 6, 1917, putting the United States in World War I, came too quickly ( less than eight months after its return from Mexico chasing Pancho Villa ) to solve emerging engineering and production problems.

The earliest move towards forming a liberation army officially came from the declaration of independence made by Major Ziaur Rahman of East Bengal Regiment on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The declaration came just after Mashud completed his hundred ( 103 *).

Early in the following year ( 1656 ), the question came to a practical issue through the declaration of war against Spain, which resulted in the arrest of Antonio Rodrigues Robles, and forced the Marranos of London to avow their Judaism as a means of avoiding arrest as Spaniards and the confiscation of their goods.