Declaration of Independence

Background

The Declaration of Independence was a document that stated the 13 colonies' reasons for their dissatisfaction with their motherland. It put forward their desire to seek freedom from the British Empire in order to form their own country. This was done in order to protect the colonies' interests and rights. Integrity of their borders, self-rule, and liberty were among these interests and rights.

These aspects of the document would later have a great impact on U.S. foreign policy in the future, especially in its age of imperialism. It was during that time that its ideology spreads and its area increases in size. Yet, at the same time, it attempts to stray from imperialism in order to uphold the principles that the people refer to as the very foundation of the United States.

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Period of the Time

How the United States Began

Impact on the World

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