Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence indicates that the Founding Fathers rejected the idea of having a monarchy in the newly independent colonies?

“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.”
“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
“[I]t becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.”

Question

Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence indicates that the Founding Fathers rejected the idea of having a monarchy in the newly independent colonies?

“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.”
“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
“[I]t becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.”

surana · Answer

It would be the first or second one, if I'm correct.