EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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-it freed all African Americans
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-it is our nation’s founding document that declares our freedom
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-it is a document other nations used to write a declaration
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-all who signed it could be hanged for treason
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration of Independence expresses the ideals on which the United States was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.
Detailed explanation-3: -General George Washington had the document read to the army, and its ringing sentences strengthened the morale of his troops. The Declaration helped unify the colonies so that they all fought together instead of trying to make separate peace agreements with Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Along these lines, therefore, a list of “the Four Major Founding Documents” that could be studied in class might be: 1) the Declaration of Independence, 2) the Constitution, 3) the Bill of Rights, and 4) the Federalist/Anti-Federalist Papers.