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For Life and Liberty: Causes and Effects of the Declaration of Independence
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Many people traveled far to a new land in search of freedom. But years later, they were still ruled by a foreign power. How did the Declaration of Independence proclaim freedom? And how did it help form the United States?
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For Life and Liberty - Becky Levine
Cause and Effect: For Life and Liberty by Becky Levine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
THE AMERICAN COLONIES
WHAT CAUSED THE COLONISTS TO WANT INDEPENDENCE?
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WHAT EFFECTS DID THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAVE?
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TODAY
GLOSSARY
READ MORE
CRITICAL THINKING USING THE COMMON CORE
INDEX
COPYRIGHT
BACK COVER
THE AMERICAN COLONIES
The United States has not always been an independent country. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Great Britain controlled many parts of what is now the United States. British people had moved to North America and formed colonies.
Sometimes British rulers didn’t pay much attention to the colonies. The colonies were far away—all the way across an ocean. Colonists had freedom to do what they wanted. They were happy living this way.
pictureFor many years colonists lived under British rule.
Over time things began to change
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