Question

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.

Answer 1

a. If the American colonists are unhappy with the king, they should appeal to Parliament.

Step-by-step explanation:

Plato

Answer 2

The declaration of independence written by Stephen Lucas portrayed the colonists as victims of the drama. He stated also the separation of the Americans and the English people. In these lines given, the answer to this problem is A describing the Americans as the colonists and the British people as the colonies.