Read the following passage 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. ... They too have been deaf. ... We
must, therefore, ... hold them, as we hold the rest of
mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
How does Thomas Jefferson support the argument that the colonies should
form their own government?
O A. By claiming that British citizens support the colonists' forming a
new government
O B. By providing examples of when British citizens were "Enemies in
War"
O C. By stating that British citizens warned the colonists that war was
coming
O D. By explaining that British citizens have failed to defend the
colonists