Read the following excerpt from the declaration of independence:
when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary
for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.
that whenever any form of government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying
its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers
in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness. the history of the present
king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and
usurpations to prove this, let facts be submitted to a
candid world.
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he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome
and necessary for the public good.
how do the authors of the declaration best use deductive reasoning to
support the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government?
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