"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation" (Jefferson 43). According to this sentence, what is the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence? to make an official statement of separation from Great Britain to outline the reasons to go to war with Great Britain to outline the injustices suffered by the colonists to convince people to think about the value of freedom

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation" (Jefferson 43). According to this sentence, what is the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence? to make an official statement of separation from Great Britain to outline the reasons to go to war with Great Britain to outline the injustices suffered by the colonists to convince people to think about the value of freedom