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The Declaration of Independence was the document which declared independence of the colonists from Great Britain, making their independence "official."
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It is the document written by Thomas Jefferson and ratified on July 4, 1776 that declared the 13 Colonies independent from Great Britain.
1. That all men possessed unalienable rights, and 2. King George III had violated the colonists' rights by passing unfair laws.
During the mid to late 1700s, the British Parliament passed a number of laws that severely limited the freedoms of English colonists in America. As a result, in 1774, delegates from the colonies formed the First Continental Congress to send a list of complaints to King George III. The King ignored the colonists. In June 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and decided it was time to create a document that declared America's independence from Great Britain. Because the King kept ignoring the colonists' complaints, the only choice left was to rebel.
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The Articles of Confederation served as America's first 'constitution.' The document was ratified by all thirteen states by 1781, but it was replaced in 1789.
They didn't want to go on an all out war with Britain
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence with the cooperation of John Adams and Ben Franklin.
Jefferson's objective was to separate the colonies from great Britain in order to save them from taxes
In 1776, the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. The document explained the colonists' reasons for severing their political ties with Great Britain.
congress needed a document to declare why the colonists had to become independent of Britain
The document that was written by Thomas Jefferson and was used as the official separation from Great Britain was the Declaration of Independence.
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The Declaration of Independence was the document which declared independence of the colonists from Great Britain, making their independence "official."