[GOPcapitalist]

It does not matter what you believe its propaganda value was. The fact remains that the officially adopted copy of the declaration that passed on July 4th was not a unanimous holding of all 13 colonies, New York having waited for another week.

[capitan_refugio]

And what is the effect of New York's "belated" approval? You don't even have to say it ... "there was no Union." It's the same lame reasoning used with regard to the ratification of the Constitution. It doesn't hold water.

In 1776, New York, as a participant and member in the Continental Congress was party to the acts of Congress, whether they approved of them or not. They were then a part of the Union, as they are now.