Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. Which option accurately describes how the excerpt reveals an overall purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Declaration of Independence It establishes that the colonists have tried to resolve the conflict with Britain in other ways and that they are not escalating the conflict prematurely. It proves that the colonists have evolved a new national identity, separate from the British identity, and that they can no longer consider the British as brothers and sisters. It demonstrates that the British people have been exploiting the resources of the colonies without providing for the colonists’ well-being. It flatters the British citizens by praising their character and judgment, and encourages them to side with the colonists in the coming war.