<span>King James and the English colonists promised the colonists several protections. Chief among the promised protections were that all people born in the colonies were granted the same rights of British citizens elsewhere in the world. James and the English government also promised to compensate and protect the colonists in case they were robbed.</span>
The Declaration of Independence, which officially broke all political ties between the American colonies and Great Britain, set forth the ideas and principles behind a just and fair government, and the Constitution outlined how this government would function.
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