Why does the host believe that the colonists had really been independent prior to the Declaration of Independence?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt, left here without the light i loved so much, in a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt. no more love songs, then, i have done with such; my old skill now runs thin at each attempt, and tears are heard within the harp i touch. (lines 9-14) which of the lines, taken from the sestet shown above, is the volta?

Which of these constitutional amendments made all people born or naturalized in the united states into citizens of the united states ?

Why are both hamilton and jefferson writing to george washington? based on both of these letters, what seems to have been happening in george washington's administration? how can you tell?