<em>"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under </em><u><em>absolute Despotism</em></u><em>, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. "</em>
- despotism denotes dictatorship, a tyranny, an absolute power
People should not put up with it, they have the responsibility to act and change something when it goes wrong, if people are being oppressed and under the tyranny of those in power, they shall stand up, if but for future generations' sake.
Answer:rode(past tense of ride) but if that's too similar comment asking for a different one
Explanation:
A compound sentence.
In a compound sentence, simple sentences become known as independent clauses; the two independent clauses together make up a compound sentence. ... The second is a simple sentence consisting of one independent clause with one subject and two verbs (or one verb used twice)
Example:
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
I want to lose weight, yet I eat chocolate daily.
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People will be more apt to read your literary piece.