THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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to set forth the structure of the United States government
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to declare separation from Britain
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to declare rights of the individual
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to list complaints of the King
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country. The introductory sentence states the Declaration’s main purpose, to explain the colonists’ right to revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonists fought the British because they wanted to be free from Britain. They fought the British because of unfair taxes. They fought because they didn’t have self-government. When the American colonies formed, they were part of Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Declaration said that all people are created equal. Everyone has the “right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It listed the ways in which the British king had kept these rights from the colonists.