Question 3
Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, which is a primary source:
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to t
Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good Peopl
of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and
Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection
between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent
States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other
Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred
Honor.
Now write a three-sentence summary