The Declaration of Independence was a statement created
to declare the independence of the newly formed United
States from the rule of Great Britain. It was adopted by the
Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. It declared that the 13
American colonies-then at war with Great Britain-were no
longer a part of the British Empire, but that instead they
formed a new nation-the United States of America
Review the final paragraph, which begins on
page 4 and ends on page 5. Why does the
author refer to the "British Crown" instead of the
British government?
to suggest that the king will be granting
independence to the new United States
Excerpt from the Declaration of
Independence"
to emphasize contrast between a government led
by a king and the potentially free United States
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen
united States of America,
to imply that the king of Great Britain is sympathetic
to the idea of American freedom
When in the Course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another, and to assume
among the powers of the earth, the separate
to indicate the separation from the king of Great
Britain but not from the British government as a
whole
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