What is a counterargument? an argument that is in opposition to the writer’s thesis
a statement of the writer’s position
a summary of the writer’s main points
an assumption that connects the grounds to the claim

"such has been the patient suffrence of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to after their former systems of government. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of reapeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishedment of an absolute tyranny over these states." which statement best describes the excerpt