Placing the Declaration of Independence in its historic context change its meaning because United States of America today is constructed on that ideology.
Explanation:
The United States of America is build on the ideology is constructed on the peaceful living of everyone in one land. It is symbolic to the democracy and considered as the land of the free.
The words written in the chartered were supported by the colonists as well. The declaration when published was read by everyone, the congress distribute the flyers to everyone so that they knew they were free.
MANIFEST DESTINY WAS THE BELIEF THE U.S. SHOULD STRETCH FROM COAST TO COAST WHEN THE U.S. ACQUIRED THESE LANDS IT HAD A LONG BORDER ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.