The excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments parallels the reasoning in the Declaration of Independence. Which statement from
the Declaration of Independence supports this reasoning? He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
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.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
<span>B. 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.</span>
The statement from the Declaration of Independence that runs parallel to the section you quoted from the Declaration of Sentiments is this:
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.
Further history/details:
The Declaration of Sentiments came out of a national meeting held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was the first women's rights convention to be held in the United States, and was organized by women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the principal organizers of the gathering, and also was the lead author of an important document issued by what we now call the "Seneca Falls Convention." The Declaration of Sentiments was signed by 68 women and 32 men who had been among the participants in the convention. The document was modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. In the way that Jefferson had listed grievances against the British monarchy, the Declaration of Sentiments listed grievances against how man had oppressed woman in regard to civil rights. Here's a small sample of some of the "sentiments" which were expressed in the Declaration of Sentiments:
<em>The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world:</em>
<em>He has not ever permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.</em>
<em>He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.</em>
<em>He has withheld her from rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners.</em>
<em>Having deprived her of this first right as a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides.</em>