According to the declaration of independence 1776, the powers that belong to the United States as " Free and Independent States" are war, peace treaty and trade. The declaration states that all the people of the world that the 13 united colonies are free from British rule. The independent states claim the power to levy war, make peace and alliances with foreign nations, conduct trade and do anything independent states have right to do.The new states believe that God will protect them in trying to establish a just government while its citizens pledge their loyalty and lives to the cause o the independent nation.
D. They should be moved westward to lands out of the way of Americans.
Answer:
Protect rights of African-Americans.
Explanation:
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, jointly known as the Reconstruction Amendments, were additions to the Constitution between 1865 and 1870, which sought to give rights to those individuals who did not already have them before the Civil War, focusing specially on African Americans. So, these amendments prohibited slavery, defined the acquisition of U.S. citizenship, and gave all men, regardless of color or background, the right to vote in elections.
