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What was the main purpose of the Declaration?

a) to set forth the structure of US government
b) to declare the rights of the individual
c) to declare the separation of US from britain
D) to list complaints against King George III​

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Answer:

b

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The introductory sentence states the Declaration's main purpose, to explain the colonists' right to revolution. In other words, “to declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Congress had to prove the legitimacy of its cause. It had just defied the most powerful nation on Earth.

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