How does the following statement in the Declaration of Independence
support the conclusion that America must form its own government?
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown 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 (reveals) 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.”
A). It creates a list of evils committed by the British under the rule of king George lll.
B). It argues that Americans are naturally democratic; their spirit cannot tolerate tyranny.
C). It appeals to a widely excepted and well-known moral code.
D). It suggest the Americans are obligated to break from tyranny of the king.
