Question

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations… it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Read this passage from the Declaration of Independence. Which of the following actions does the passage justify?

A. Benedict Arnold worked secretly for Great Britain.

B. Benjamin Franklin served as ambassador to France.

C. John Adams helped make peace with the British after the Revolution.

D. George Washington led the Continental Army.