After having read through the declaration of independence, carefully read through each question. if it is multiple choice which of the following best expresses the author’s main purpose in this document? 1.to end the war between the colonies and great britain by declaring a revolution 2.to criticize the king of england’s reign over the colonies and advocate for his removal from power 3.to declare the thirteen colonies free of great britain’s rule and illustrate why they are declaring independence 4.to denounce the colonists’ treatment as second-class citizens and advocate for better treatment from the king.

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.