But when a long train of abuses and usurpations. . . evinces a design to reduce [the people] 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.
The Question about the paragraph above: The segment you just read refers to something called the right of revolution. Why would this have been important to the authors of the Declaration of Independence?
Give your answer in at least one complete sentence.