Read the following paragraph and answer the question below.Thomas Jefferson’s purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to explain the colonies’ reasons for separating themselves from Great Britain to foreign nations. After Jefferson listed a series of abuses the colonies had suffered under King George III’s rule, he explained that, “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petition for Redress...” Which political principle best describes the colonist’s act of petitioning for redress?

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