By far the longest part of the Declaration of Independence is the Indictment of King George III, which is also called the "List of Grievances."
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Charles Carroll signed the Declaration of Independence "Charles Carroll of Carroltown." He was also the longest surving of all the signers. He died in 1832.
The Declaration of Independence was exactly as it sounds, and the Constitution was crafted, in large part, around trying to solve the problems of government that the Declaration complained of.
The Declaration of Independence became part of the American creed as it was the basis of founding the nation. It contains all the relevant principles of the nation.
It didn't discuss the issue of slavery.
The US Constitution established rules for the US government, well the Declaration of Independence did not