Quiz: The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration says that it was “necessary” for the Americans to separate from Great Britain. Why did the Americans want to tell “mankind” that their actions were “necessary”? *

To continue trade with the British after the war

To maintain their claims to Western lands

To prove that they were not rebels, as the King had said

To be able to raise taxes for a navy

According to the Declaration, Americans are “one people”, even though we were in thirteen “free and independent states”. What makes Americans one people? *

Our geographic territory

Our shared fundamental principles

Our common ethnic background

Our subjection to the British King

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Quiz: The Declaration of Independence