Question

What purpose of the Declaration of Independence does this excerpt support? 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.

Answer 1

Answer choices:

A. To explain to the British people why they should reject their government

B. To prompt a discussion about whether the colonies should declare independence from Britain

C. To justify the decision to reject Britain's leadership and create a new government

D. To plead with King George to give the colonists a chance to form their

own government

Answer:

C. To justify the decision to reject Britain's leadership and create a new government

Explanation:

The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen American colonies unanimously declared their independence from Britain for repeatedly violating their rights. In fact, the document has a long list portraying how the British Crown has abused from its power.

Following Enlightenment ideas, the American colonies believed that they had the right to throw off the British government because it had failed to protect their unalienable rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” The excerpt provided justifies the decision to reject Britain's leadership and create a new government.