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In which document did the colonists agree to form a government and live under the regulations as decided upon by the group as a whole?

The Declaration of Independence


Does the constitution include a declaration of independence from Britain?

Yes, definitely yes because that was the whole ultimate point of the Constitution.


Why the colonists declared independence from great Britain?

The Declaration of Indepence stated reasons why the colonists wanted their freedom from England, as there was a whole section called The List of Grieveances dedicated to list reasons why they were to break apart. There are 27 reasons.


What did the declaration of independence allows the Americans colonies to do?

The whole purpose of the Declaration of Independence is to state the problems with the king and declare the colonies "free and independent " from the king.


How does the declaration of independence show the founding fathers as models of civic virtue?

the liked the community as a whole


Where in the Declaration of Independence does it state that Americans assert their rights to popular sovereignty?

The whole thing basically


What was the point of view in the declaration of independence?

The whole point was to get indeppendence from the british. Also, Alot of important peeps signed it to break away from great Britian. The Americans wanted to get away from the British and their way of suceeding was to sign the Decleration of INdependence


What city was the declaration signed in?

It was written in Philadelphia by a committee of five delegates including Thomas Jefferson, edited for two days by the Congress as a whole, and adopted and signed on July 4, 1776. Other accounts indicate that signatures were added on August 2, 1776.


Who was a main loyalist threw the whole declaration of independence?

every person in America but most goes to Aberaham lincole because of slavery act


Who are 'one people' in the first paragraph of the declaration of independence?

The correct term is "We the people," and it does not come from the Declaration of Independence at all, but from the US Constitution. The meaning of the phrase is open to discussion by many historians. Just as "All men are created equal," is a quote often interpreted as meaning only men, not women, "We the people," could mean the founding fathers, or the nation as a whole. It is generally interpreted as the nation as a whole, however, which would not include the modern 50 states, only the colonies of the time.


What did the US Declaration of Independence accomplish?

The Declaration of Independence separated the United States from Great Britain. This meant that the elected governments of the states were the only legitimate ones, and that the Continental Congress was the legal government of the colonies as a whole.


What document was written at independence hall?

Independence Hall in Philadelphia was the meeting place for the Second Continental Congress, which governed the new nation-to-be from 1775 to 1783, the whole Revolutionary War period. The details of the Declaration of Independence were hammered out here and was adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776. Five years later, the Articles of Confederation were adopted. The document that was actually written in Independence Hall, however, was the U. S. Constitution in 1787.