To provide a source of wealth (hopefully gold and silver) and to establish an English foothold against potential Spanish expansion in the New World.
A primary source would be an eye witness account of the event. Someone who seen it happen.
Though the Declaration of Independence is not a binding legal document it did eloquently express the ideals of the new country, one of which was that the people control the government. This principle of<em> limited government</em> was later incorporated into the Constitution.
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no other ships were used for naval wars
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