Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed . But when a long train of abuses and usurpations , pursuing invariably the same object evinces reveals ) a design to reduce them under absolute despotism , it is their right, it is their duty , to throw off such government , and to provide new guards for their future security.

How does the following statement in the Declaration of Independence support the conclusion that America must form its own government ?

A. It creates a list of evils committed by the British under the rule of King George

B. It argues that Americans are naturally democratic ; their spirit cannot tolerate tyranny c. It appeals to a widely accepted and well - known moral code

D. suggests that Americans are obligated to break from the tyranny of the king