THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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to unite the colonies against Britain
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to list the reasons that justified leaving Britain
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both of these
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neither of these
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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 Declaration of Independence (1776) built on the American settlers’ common goals of unity, freedom and protection of individual rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The second portion of the document describes how King George III had disregarded those natural rights to establish a tyranny over the colonies, and sets up a justification for American independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -The final draft of the Declaration of Independence contains a preamble, a list of grievances, a formal declaration of independence, and signatures.