Okay so tomorrow, July 4th, marks the "Birthday" of the United States of America. As we all know, on July 4th the Founding Fathers so bravely declared their independace from British rule and set out to establish their own country, ect. But as we all know, e-mail and telephones didn't exist back then, they had to send it to the king physically. So a few questions here regarding this matter:
When did the king actually get his hands on the Declaration of Independace? (Or copy of), and was this his first time seeing/hearing about it?
Was the King really the person that needed to see it, or was Parliament/a colonial governor the real intended recipient of the Declaration of Independance?
Was the Declaration of Independance really needed in this situation, or was it just a metaphorical middle finger to the British in order to raise morale for revolutionary forces? The war itself had been going ln for over a year now (I'm going with Lexington and Concord as the start, since thats what most sources cite), so why wad the Declaration even needed?
Feel free to answer one or all if you can, sorry it has so many parts, but honestly they don't really teach you much of this in school here even in America (My US History class started with the Civil War actually with everything before that being a "Teach yourself" summer project). Thanks in advance for the answers!
an answer to part 1 of your question from /u/uncovered-history and /u/mayonnnnaise can be found Here from a few years ago *edited and added words for clarity - it's been a long day