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Influence of Declaration of Arbroath
US Senate Resolution 155 of 10 November 1997 states that

the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence [sic], was signed on April 6, 1320 and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled on that inspirational document

However, this influence is accepted by few historians and actively disputed by others. Even advocates of the link concede that it is speculative and not based on any verifiable sources.