The Declaration of
Independence (excerpt)
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most
wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of
immediate and pressing importance, unless
suspended in their operation till his Assent should
be obtained; and when so suspended, he has
utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the
accommodation of large districts of people, unless
those people would relinquish the right of
Representation in the Legislature, a right
inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places
unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the
depository of their public Records, for the sole
purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his
measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses
repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his
invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such
dissolutions, to cause others to be elected;
whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of
Annihilation, have returned to the People at large
for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean
time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from
without, and convulsions within.
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Select the correct answer.
Which reason best explains Thomas Jefferson's purpose for repeating the phrase "He has" in the list
of grievances in the Declaration of Independence?
OA. to provide a parallel structure to the argument
B. to increase the reader's interest
C.
to emphasize the wrongdoings by the king
D.
to justify the colonists' struggle for freedom
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