Slavery was a key issue in the admission of states into the union. states had to be admitted in pairs, free states and slave states, in order to maintain balance in the union. It was agreed that offsetting the balance would escalate the tension regarding slaverly and tear apart the union.
World War 2 was fought between two groups of countries. On one side were the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the Allies. They included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America.
The Declaration of Independence was considered an Act of Treason under British Law, in the eye's of the British Government, the Colonials had defied the King and that was punishable in the utmost fashion... they had committed the highest offence considered at the time