Question

Read this passage from the Declaration of Independence.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

The English spoken in 1776 is considered Late Modern English, but some differences between Jefferson's usage and our own are evident. What archaic expression does he use and how would you word the phrase in correct contemporary English?

Answer 1

words that are different are: transient, hath shewn, disposed, sufferable, right, abolish, and accustom.

transient means short or brief

hath shewn means has shown

disposed means prone to

sufferable means able to be suffered

right means to make right or pure

abolish means get rid of

accustomed means used to

Step-by-step explanation:

It is basically saying:

Governments should not be changed for little or brief inconveniences. Past experience has proven that men and women are prone to suffer when there is evil to be suffered. They would rather suffer than make the wrong things right: the things that they are used to.