The Declaration of Independence, 1776. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
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In this situation you would want to send this screenshot to your teacher because this question is broken, the underlined part is the name of the excerpt which would not work with the question. I've had to do this myself plenty of times in K12 because no one checked question before they go to students. :/