In a general sense, it was because of the oppression that Britain had put over the colonies that led to the Declaration of Independence. Some of the many factors included tax impositions, the Boston Massacre, Coercive Acts, and Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
Moreover, the declaration was written by a committee of five including Thomas Jefferson (primary author), John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston and ratified on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia.
The correct answer is <em>A). Setting up schools systems</em>.
States have the faculty to set up school systems. On the other hand, States are not able to coin money or regulate commerce. These activities are under the jurisdiction of the federal government. And with respect to declaring war, it is a competence of federal government.
But states can focus its educational efforts to improve the school systems and grant opportunities for a better education.
King Henry VIII was the English king who broke away from the Catholic Church.
