Why was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Question

Why was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Answer 1

The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were "Free and Independent States" and that "all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved

Answer 2

It was meant as a symbol to the English king and to England in general that America meant business in their bid for independence. It sent a message that these high ranking officials here in the colonies wanted to separate from England.

Answer 3

Well, people might think that they all signed it at once, but the founding fathers all signed it separately, and the first person who signed it, who I cannot remember his name, signed it in Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 1776

Answer 4

Because the people of those times (the Founders) believed in the ethical position of standing up for what you believed in. They wrote it, they believed it, they signed it, they stood ready to accept the consequences of their actions.

We need more of that type of person today.