Question $1(1$ point$)$

In its Declaration of Secession, South Carolina uses the Declaration of Independence to establish:

a$)$ that South Carolina was an independent state before it adopted the Constitution, and can become one again if the Constitution is violated

b$)$ that South Carolina is an independent state, which is free to secede if it understands the Constitution differently than other states do

c$)$ that South Carolina is an independent state, which can secede if other states ignore the ends for which the Constitution was adopted

d$)$ that South Carolina is an independent state, which is therefore free to secede from the Union if it so chooses