Independence

Independence was the state of not being dependent. A nation that was independent was free from outside control.
The Declaration of Independence, issued on 4 July 1776, was the foundational document of the United States of America. (PROSE: )
The planet of Tivoli entered what the Tivolians deemed an "unwelcome state of independence" when the Vorgel Scourge were wiped out by a space plague. (AUDIO: )
The Twelfth Doctor, upon seeing his reflection, stated that his eyebrows were "independently cross", and probably wanted to "secede from the rest of [his] face and set up their own independent state of eyebrows". (TV: )
In Pete's World, (TV: , etc.) upon taking control of the population of London via the EarPods, John Lumic proclaimed that he had "declared independence". (TV: )
On St Andrew's Day, 30 November 2814, Starship Scotland launched and declared independence from Starship UK (PROSE: ) as the nations of Earth were evacuating the planet due to solar flares. Scotland was still independent from Starship UK in the 33rd century. (TV: )
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