“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, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.” Which statement best describes the excerpt?

“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, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.”

Which statement best describes the excerpt?

A. This is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence.

B. This is the major premise of the Declaration of Independence.

C. This is the evidence presented in the Declaration of Independence.

D. This is the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence.

A. This is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence.

Explanation:

According to the given excerpt, the narrator describes the present King of Britain as an usurper and tyrant who had brought upon harsh rule on the colonies.

Therefore, the statement that best describes this excerpt is that it is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.