1. What do the words absolute Despotism mean as they are used in paragraph 2 of The Declaration of Independence? (You can rewatch the video linked above if you need to).

Here is the sentence from paragraph 2 for your reference:
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces 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."


2. Watch this excerpt of the Declaration of Independence:

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5efcd8ef1028e# (open in new browser)

Which of the following help build the mood in this reading?
Question 2 options: