Excerpt 2 Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a 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. — 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. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good… He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly… He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers… He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power… He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. In excerpt 2, which phrase BEST describes the overall tone of the passage? A. Angry and awkward B. Sad and self-pitying C. Funny and sarcastic D. Reasonable and logical