But when a long train of abuses and usurpations. . . evinces a design to reduce [the people] 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.
Vocabulary support:
Usurpation means “taking by illegal means.”
Evinces means “showing.”
Despotism means “abuse of power by a ruler.”
Whose actions do the phrases “abuses and usurpations” and “absolute despotism” refer to here?
The British
The French
The Continental Congress
The other colonies
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