Read this sentence from the Declaration of Independence but when a long train of abuse and usurpations pursuing invariably the same objective evinces design to reduce them 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. What does the word despotism refer to in this sentence?

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.

lol idk i really dk dang im dumb xd

the correct answer is d