what did the declaration of independence have to do with the cause of the American revolution?
During the revolution, the Declaration of Independence served solely as a motivational document for the revolutionaries. King George III dismissed it, and it carried no political clout. The signitaries did risk their lives by signing it, and therefore the Declaration lifted moral, or at least the incentive to overthrow British rule. It was a line drawn in the sand.
Yep. It was like a motivational document to fulfill the independence movement.
It promoted for citizens to want the basic rights, such as life, liberty, and property in their own country. In America people wanted to be free from England, this document encouraged the American Revolution to spread.
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