making history
Only John Hancock and Charles Thompson signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Most of the others signed on August 2. Thanks to Thomas Jefferson, we know it today as "The Declaration of Independence."

Although there wasn't a complete consensus of the nation until 1790, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there were around 2.5 million people living within the 13 colonies in the year 1776. In 2017, the U.S. population reached 325.7 million people.