Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence indicates that the colonists did not wish to remain hostile toward Great Britain in the future? In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

Answer 1

Answer:We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

In this sentence, the colonists make it clear that independence is a necessity. That a separation from Great Britain is necessary in order to gain independence. At the same time, it is acknowledged that a war for independence was necessary therefore it is said "Enemies in War". Nevertheless, the colonists state that the War for Independence would eventually end and there would be peace. The Declaration of Independence, therefore, shows that following the war the United States intended to be friends with Great Britain. This is evident through the phrase "in Peace Friends". Simultaneously, the colonists reveal that the intention of the war is to gain independence, not to be in an eternal conflict with Great Britain.