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