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."

a. If the American colonists are unhappy with the king, they should appeal to Parliament.
b. Most British Parliament members sympathize with the plight of the American colonies.
c. The American colonies are well represented in the British Parliament and have no right to blame the king.
d. The allegations against the king made by the colonists are without proof and unjustified.

Answer 1

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

What argument does the author anticipate and refute in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? "Nor have We been wanting in attentions to ourBritish 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."

NOT:

b. Most British Parliament members sympathize with the plight of the American colonies.
c. The American colonies are well represented in the British Parliament and have no right to blame the king.
d. The allegations against the king made by the colonists are without proof and unjustified.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The author anticipate and refute the argument that if the American colonists were unhappy with the king, they should have appealed to Parliament.

He does so by describing all the situations of injustice suffered by the settlers, and the way in which they tried to make the British metropolis aware of these situations, without being heard.

In this way, it demolishes in advance the argument that the settlers should have appealed to the British Parliament, since it exposes the times that the settlers did it without obtaining solutions.