The introductory sentence states the Declaration's main purpose, to explain the colonists' right to revolution. In other words, “to declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Congress had to prove the legitimacy of its cause. It had just defied the most powerful nation on Earth.
Artists, like Michelangelo, were hired by wealthy people to make sculptures. They can also be commissioned by the Church to glorify their role in the spiritual world and such. Patrons' main goal of art is to flex their wealth and power.
The best option from the list would be that "<span>It had to be ratified by at least nine states," since the whole point of the new Constitution was to establish a stronger union between the states. </span>
