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Not many people know this, but after the United States gained its independence, that influenced a lot of other nations to want to have the same thing. There's always arguments about what the Declaration of Independence really meant other than becoming independent. One of the main points for it being written was to "justify/explain the separation of the colonies from England to other European countries and elicit support for them as they would the United States". People sometimes get the wrong idea of what the entire document was intended for. And on certain occasions, some get the assumption that it brought the world together. The Declaration was not meant to give a religious foundation to this nation, to its founding, its founding documents, its legal system or laws. It was not intended to give a theological discourse on the creation of mankind". This means that yes, other countries would find value, hope and inspiration to garner independence in our declaration, and we love to help others. But, when it was being written, we don't believe that was the mindset of the contributors had at the time, they were just thinking about America.