I will Give BRAINLIEST!

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independance.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

–Declaration of Independence

Vocabulary support:

Self-evident means “obvious” or “easily seen.”

Why was it important to say that “all men” were “created equal”? Choose the best answer.

A To show that enslaved people had the same rights as colonists
B To show that the king was not any better than the colonists
C To show that the colonists were the same as the citizens of Britain