Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
Civics 101
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The Declaration of Independence
Civics 101: What it says, what it doesn't say. The Declaration of Independence is only 1,337 words long. It had the job of justifying one of the most consequential political decisions ever taken. There was no precedent for this. No colony has ever broken from the parents' stem and history of the world.
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