"promote the general welfare" is the statement among the following choices given in the question that is best considered a statement of the public interest. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option. I hope that this is the answer that has come to your desired help.
The fourth part of the Declaration of Independence states that the 13 colonies are free and independent states. They are no longer controlled by Great Britain. The 13 states can do everything free countries can do.
