Which of the following best summarizes the contents of the declaration of independence? a list of grievances against britain and a rejection of british rule a list of grievances against britain and a proposed new constitution an appeal to the social contract and ideas for changes in british rule an appeal to the social contract and a proposed new constitution

A list of grievances against Britain and a rejection of British rule

Explanation:

The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen United States of America announced their independence and sovereignty. The document first introduces the way a government should function, and then continues to list a series of grievances and complaints against Britain rule, such as the imposition of taxes on the colonists without their consent, the deprivation of the benefits of trial by jury, the repeatedly dissolution of the Representative Houses that opposed the king's invasions on the rights of the people, his obstructions of the Administration of Justice, among others.

After listing many of the King of England's wrongdoings, the American colonies reject British rule and declare their independence in the last paragraph:

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America (...) solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;

i think they came to washington to protest