Question

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.

–The Declaration of Independence,

Thomas Jefferson


Based on the passage, what is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?


to provide a set of rules and regulations for the United States

to justify the American colonists’ desire for freedom from British rule

to establish new settlements and colonies in America

to encourage England to become a democracy

IT'S B I JUST DID IT!!!!

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. To justify the American colonists' desire for freedom from British rule.

Explanation

The fragment of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson expresses the desire of the colonists to be independent and sets out real reasons to justify this desire because it argues that they are suffering "a long train of abuses and usurpations" by the British. He also expresses that in this situation of domination and bad government it is not only a necessity but "it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security" On the other hand, he expresses that the colonies now have "the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government." and establish themselves as an independent nation. According to the above, the correct answer is B. To justify the American colonists' desire for freedom from British rule.