Sagot :
Answer: C) Purpose.
Explanation: In the given lines from the Declaration of Independence, we can see the establishment of the purpose of this document. It says that the purpose of that document is to declare the causes which impel American people to the separation from Britain and to claim their political independence, we can see this in the line "...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”