<span>The colonists hoped to get aid from foreign nations, the Congress hoped other colonists would join the Revolution, & the soldiers needed a good reason for fighting. </span>
The reasons why Congress wanted a written Declaration of Independence are <em>The Congress hoped other colonists would join the Revolution</em>, <em>The colonists hoped to get aid from foreign nations</em> and <em>the soldiers needed a good reason for fighting</em>. Not everybody wanted to be independent, so this declaration could get the support of other colonists. The soldiers were mostly farmers and it gave them a very good reason to fight for. Moreover, being an independent nation, the United States could ask foreign nations for money and supplies.
The Catholic church encouraged new ideas and ways of thinking as a way of honoring God. The Catholic church tried to make peace with the Protestants so they could share new ideas.
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For the Catholic Church on the other hand, human beings, through good ... but Luther's ideas (and variations of them, including Calvinism)
