The colonists states that they were now “free and Independent states”. What did this statement make them think that they had the power to do?

This statement made them think they had the power to declare war, make alliances with foreign nations, enable peace and trade, etc. They also believed that God will help them become a better nation and establish a better government.

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i think your answer there is c

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: