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.
OC. 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.