Question 1 of 23 Read the following passage from the Declaration of Independence: Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us __ They too have been deaf __ We must, therefore, __ hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War in Peace Friends. How does Thomas Jefferson support the argument that the colonies should form their own government? A. By stating that British citizens warned the colonists that war was coming B. By providing examples of when British citizens were "Enemies in War" C. By claiming that British citizens support the colonists' forming a new government D. By explaining that British citizens have failed to defend the colonists