That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776 What does the excerpt indicate about American patriots during the Revolutionary Era?

Patriots were people who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain. They wanted their own country called the United States.

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germany had to pay all damages related to the war.

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germany had to take sole responsibility for the war.

briefly explain support for the argument that the articles of confederation succeeded in guiding the us through its first decade

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