Question

what did the declaration of independence do?

Answer 1

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴘᴜʀᴘᴏsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ's ᴅᴇᴄʟᴀʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʀᴇɪɢɴ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏɴɪᴇs ʜᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴏsᴇɴ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍsᴇʟᴠᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ʙʀɪᴛᴀɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʀʏ ᴡᴀʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʙᴇɢᴜɴ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇs ʜᴀᴅ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ.

Answer 2

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By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.