Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence and answer the question.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. . . . We have reminded [the British] 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. . . . They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
What argument is made in this section of the Declaration?
a. The only way to end Great Britain's continued colonial expansion is through armed conflict.
b. The only way to restore rights to colonists is by severing ties with Great Britain.
c. The only way to create a truly equal American society is through democratization.
d. The only way to bring peace to the American colonies is by destroying their British oppressors.