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“The U.S. Declaration of Independence” gives information about how Thomas Jefferson wrote the document that would separate the new colonies from British rule. Why would Jefferson have used the word citizens rather than subjects in the Declaration of Independence?

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Answer:

because they wanted the country to be a democracy

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subjects is what a king would say

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