Question 11 What is the BEST description of Jefferson's overall purpose in these opening paragraphs of the
Declaration of Independence?
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to justify the decision to declare independence
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to illustrate, with specific examples, the extent of the injustices inflicted upon the
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to define actions taken both by the king and the colonists
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to challenge the king to revise his intolerable policies
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