Was the Declaration of Independence intended to be a formal declaration of war? Why or why not? A. Yes. Though fighting preceded the writing, it was intended to be a formal declaration of war. B. No. The war started a year before the Declaration of Independence was written. C. Yes. The Declaration of Independence formally united the militias of the individual colonies. D. No. There was no need to declare war, as this power had yet to be established.



Answer :

A. Yes. Though fighting preceded the writing, it was intended to be a formal declaration of war.

The beginning battle of the Revolutionary War is Lexington and Concord which took place in 1775. Fighting continued but was viewed as a rebellion both both the colonists and the British until the Declaration of Independence in 1776. 

By declaring the wish to be an independent country, the Continental Congress was declaring war against the British. They suggested the British were an invading country on a now sovereign nation. For the new country to exist and be recognized they needed to fight the war, win the war, and have Britain recognize them as free in a treaty. 

Yes. Though fighting preceded the writing, it was intended to be a formal declaration of war.  

Further Explanation:

Declaration of war was a formal act under which one state goes into war against the other state. It is a speech act that is authorized by a political party or the government and the reason behind its creation was to make a war like situation between to states. The legality of who among those two states is capable of declaring the war varies from political parties to the states. In many of the states, the authority to declare the war on any country is given to the head of the country. The official and original protocol to declare the war was introduced and defined in the Hague convention which took place in year 1907.  

The Declaration of independence, on the other hand, was a formal explanation of why Congress has voted in support of declaring independence from Great Britain and it was intended to be a formal declaration of war.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Declaration of War

Subject: History

Keywords: The declaration, War, Independence, United States, Revolutionary, Outbreak, States, Political, Great Britain, Introduce.