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18. According to the Declaration of Independence, what have the people of the United States done “in every stage of these oppressions?” Petitioned for redress in most humble terms.
19. In whose name and authority did the authors of the Declaration of Independence declare independence? The good people of these colonies.
20. What did the signers pledge to support the Declaration of Independence? Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor
21. According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are established to ... Protect the unalienable rights of citizens
22. Which Founding Father offered the resolution “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states”? Richard Henry Lee
23. How many states were created with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence? 13
24. After signing the Declaration of Independence, which delegate said: “We must all hang together, or
assuredly we shall all hang separately.”? Benjamin Franklin
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