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Answer 1

1) "He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation."
This passage from the Declaration of Independence supports the ______________ of the document.

a) thesis

b) theme

c) purpose

pathos

I put C

2) "Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence."

The theme of this passage from the Declaration of Independence is best described as:

a) many attempts were made to obtain assistance from the British people

b) the British people were considered brethren or allies

c) connections and correspondence were interrupted

d) the British legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction over the colonies

I put c