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What factors and event led to the writing of the declaration of independence?

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The Declaration of Independence combined purpose with principle. In June 1776 the Congress of the united colonies appointed five delegates to produce a formalwritten declaration of independence, after several weeks Thomas Jefferson completed the draft.It was written to King George III and the world to read.
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