The Declaration of Independence
A) borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents.
B) was never formally approved by the Second Continental Congress.
C) avoided making any direct criticism of the king.
D) called for the formation of a two-party democracy.
E) originally recommended that all slaves be freed.

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The Declaration of Independence included many ideas and phrases that were borrowed from previously published documents such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the English Bill of Rights.