A. and B. are your answers.
The American colonies<span> chose to </span>declare independence<span> from Great Britain for a big amount of reasons. They believed that the British were treating the </span>colonists<span> unfairly. The British had passed many tax laws which impacted the </span>colonists. In Parliament to vote on or discuss these laws, the colonists had no representatives.
He wanted to retain Progressive support for his election
The battle<span> was the first major defeat of the </span>war<span> for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses.</span>