But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce la
people) under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new
Guards for their future security. - Such has been the
patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them to alter their former
Systems of Government. The history of the present King of
Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and
usurpations...
How do the authors of the Declaration best use deductive reasoning based
on the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government?
O A. They provide universally accepted examples of what kinds of acts
qualify as acts of tyranny, and then show that the current king of
Great Britain has indeed committed these acts.
O B. They first establish the idea that oppressed people have a right
and duty to replace their government with a better one, and then
argue that British rule of the colonies is one such example.
O C. They state that the current British king has caused great harm to
the American colonies, and then show how the king's actions
reflect the actions of many tyrants throughout history.
O D. They first establish the idea that declaring one's intentions is a
decent and expected measure, and then proceed to declare the
intentions of the colonies to establish a new government