Question 6 • AL-English Language Arts 11 Critical Standards
“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 history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.”
Answer
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This is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence.
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This is the major premise of the Declaration of Independence.
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This is the evidence presented in the Declaration of Independence.
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This is the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence.
Explanation
The Declaration’s argument has a general principle—that people may change a government that threatens their rights—and applies it to the colonies. This passage describes the colonies’ experience under the king, including repeated injuries and usurpations, so it supplies the specific case, or minor premise. The conclusion that the colonies should be independent comes afterward.
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