Select the correct answer.
What argument does the author anticipate and refute in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to
extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. 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.
O A.
O B.
If the American colonists are unhappy with the king, they should appeal to Parliament.
Most British Parliament members sympathize with the plight of the American colonies.
The American colonies are well represented in the British Parliament and have no right to blame the king.
O D.
The allegations against the king made by the colonists are without proof and unjustified.
О с.



Answer :

Final answer:

The author refutes the argument that most British Parliament members sympathize with the American colonies in the Declaration of Independence.


Explanation:

The argument anticipated and refuted in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is option B: Most British Parliament members sympathize with the plight of the American colonies. The author acknowledges that despite the American colonists' efforts to appeal to their British brethren and seek redress for grievances, the British Parliament members have not responded positively to their pleas, demonstrating a lack of sympathy towards the colonies.


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