Why did the Second Continental Congress issue the Declaration of Independence? Group of answer choices

a) to explain the reasons for the colonists' separation from Great Britain

b ) to provide a method for territories to become new colonies

c )to create a stronger central government for the thirteen colonies

d )to protect the rights of citizens against government abuse

a) to explain the reasons for the colonists' separation from Great Britain

Explanation:

Delegates from each of the Thirteen Colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 to decide the case for liberty. The goal was to convince the States that the time had come for the United Colonies to declare their independence from Mother England.

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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b.lincoln had the victory he wanted for emancipation