Answer:
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Explanation:
Leonidas (c. 530-480 B.C.) was a king of the city-state of Sparta from about 490 B.C.
Until his death at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 B.C.
The term "absolute despotism" refers to the actions of a government that is failing to protect the rights of citizens. This type of government is extremely controlling and does not consider the rights/needs of the individual. This is evident from the sentence that this phrase is used in, as the Declaration of Independence states that
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,..."
This line shows that this is a direct reference to the abuses of government power over their respective citizens.
