I'm not sure but it looks like the answer is C
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What you are referring too is the Gettysburg address. But perhaps maybe you haven't heard it all over.
Lincoln explains in his speech that it is the soldiers who have given their lives, and who have fought with such valor in what they believed in, that have hallowed this ground. Soldiers on both sides, as the states which turned against the union, remained as stars on the union flag.
In other words, it is not the piece of paper that hallows the ground. Not the speech or any other source or action. It is the dedication of the men who fought there that hallowed that ground
If you wish to learn more about this, I recommend going to Gettysburg Pennsylvania just as I have. The town features great restaurants and attractions and you can learn so much from the museum and a trip to the battlefield.
The correct answer here is the last option.
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence in general is used to announce the rejection of the British rule, but this excerpt in particular is used to show that the thirteen colonies have every right to rebel against the King as he does not have the best interests of the colonies in mind. So they are completely justified in renouncing his rule.
The main way in which geography affected the lives of those living in West Africa was that its location on the west coast of Africa led it to be a prominent place where slaves were shipped to the Caribbean--meaning that those who lived there were more likely to be captured and sold as slaves.