Question

According to Jefferson, the people of a nation have a right and a duty to "alter or abolish" a government system which has failed the people. This document declares the many abuses perpetrated against the American colonies by the British. What are 3 of the most shocking or damaging abuses he lists?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Three of the most shocking or damaging abuses Thomas Jefferson lists are the following: 1) the laws imposed by the King of England were against the benefit of the American colonists. 2) The King had dissolved the Representative Houses many times. 3) The King had rejected the creation of laws t form a judicial power in the colonies.

That is why Thomas Jefferson and the other four prominent colonists drafted the Declaration of Independence. The other four were Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and John Adams.

The Declaration of Independence was promulgated on July 4, 1776.