The Declaration of Independence was different from previous documents prepared by colonists because it committed the colonies to being independent.
asked King George III to take action.
did not list problems colonists had with British rule.
was approved by the Continental Congress.

it committed colonies to being Independent

in 550 b.c.e. cyrus the great, the leader of the persians, conquered the medes and united the iranian people under one ruler for the first time. cyrus became the first king of the persian empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.