The declaration of independence was different from previous documents prepared by colonists because it committed the colonies to being independent. asked king george iii to take action. did not list problems colonists had with british rule. was approved by the continental congress.

Starvation, debt, financial downfall.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.