Question

What argument does the author anticipate and indirectly refute in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
The colonists are suffering only because of their lack of representation in Parliament.
If the colonists are suffering, they need to first submit a petition to Parliament.
The colonists have no right to oppose the laws and taxes levied by the king of England.
Parliament has no involvement in the matters of the American colonies.

Answer 1

• If the colonists are suffering, they need to first submit a petition to Parliament.

Step-by-step explanation:

Parliament sanctioned and passed charges for the Empire with everything taken into account. The pilgrims were addressed in every practical sense in Parliament in spite of the way that they picked no particular operators.

The pioneers expected that in case they allowed any of these charges passed by Parliament, by then there would be one obligation after another. They would be totally prevented from securing their property.

Answer 2

I would say the correct answer is Parliament has no involvement in the matters of the American colonies. Merely because the other answers don't seem correct to me. And he says that this tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people, meaning, the American colonies.