They claim independence from England because they didn't feel as they have been treated as legal colonies. The British Parliament took advantage of the colonies and taxed them overzealously, and the colonists were not willing to stand for such practices any longer.
It passed the Declaration of Independence.
The colonists hopes that England would listen to plea of freedom and not declare war
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the document which declared independence of the colonists from Great Britain, making their independence "official."
The Declaration of Independence was written to declare independence from Great Britain. It stated that America was a new colony.
It passed the Declaration of Independence.
The colonists hopes that England would listen to plea of freedom and not declare war
The Declaration of Independence
The reaction of a loyalist to the Declaration of Independence would have been that colonists do not have a right to simply declare their independence. Colonists are subjects of the crown, whether they agree or not. King George III rules by divine right. God save the king.
congress needed a document to declare why the colonists had to become independent of Britain
The Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was needed to stated the colonists independence from Britain and to make laws for the colonists government.
The original 13 colonies officially declared their independence from the British Empire on 4 July 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson.
The declaration of independence declare war to England.
Great Britain.
They wrote the declaration of independence.