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.
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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.