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Some of the reasons the American colonies declared their independence from the British empire:

  • The colonists were heavily taxed
  • Colonists had no say in their own affairs
  • Parliament made their laws
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The authors of the Declaration of Independence justify breaking away from the British rule by declaring that they want to form a more perfect union and can only do so by gaining their independence. Their justification for this action is written in the Preamble for the Declaration of Independence.

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The Declaration of Independence was basically a long letter of the many grievances that the English king had committed against the colonist. Having all those problems listed in a single document was a way for the colonist to show the king why they were so unhappy with the way he was (trying to) ruling the colonist.

The Declaration of Independence completely justified the colonist separation from England, because they were easily able to make a long list of dictator-like behavior that the English king had committed against them. It was a way for the colonist to say "we've dealt with you long enough and we won't put up with it any longer!"

They lived thousands of miles (and many months by boat) away from England, yet the king still tried to rule them as if he was standing in their backyard. They had every right to be free and the Declaration of Independence was the opportunity to put all of their problems in a single place and categorize the weight of each problem.

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The authors of the Declaration of Independence justify breaking away from the British rule by declaring that they want to form a more perfect union and can only do so by gaining their independence. Their justification for this action is written in the Preamble for the Declaration of Independence.

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To show what King George III was not doing, to prove why they were upset and why they should seperate from Great Britain.

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they argued that all people possess unalienable rights including the rights of life liberty and pursuit of justice

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they were being taxed without representation

unfair acts

navigation act

stamp act

british port act

tea act

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Q: Why did the declaration of independence list the reasons for separation from great britain?
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