They wrote the Declaration of Independence because it made rights that government could not go against, such as <span>the </span>right<span> to </span>life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness<span>.</span>
It was created<span> as a response to Great Britain overtaxing the colonists, so t</span>he founding fathers<span> decided to send a </span>declaration<span> to King George declaring that America would be free, and that was the cause of the American Revolution. ... This document would also be the basis for the U.S. Constitution.</span>
