Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
Civics 101
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The Declaration of Independence
The first battles of the Revolutionary War happened over a year before the Declaration was written. The question to answer for the Declaration is what on Earth could justify steps of that magnitude? No matter how hard they tried, the English were never going to look at them as being equals. Many people don't think about the salutary neglect that happened in the colonies for more than 150 years.
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