Document:"Declaration of Rights and Grievances of the Colonies" Question: The "Declaration of Rights" (1765) was written by a special congress, made up of representatives from nine
colonies, to protest the Stamp Act. What claims did the colonists make/what grievances did they have, and what
were they hoping to achieve with this declaration? Did this congress's declaration indicate a desire for
independence?

after defeating german forces in north africa allied leaders turned their attention to "italy," since this was the location that made the most geographic sense before invading northern europe via france. 

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv

d. both had been uninhabited before settlers arrived.