Read the following excerpts from the draft and revision of the Declaration of Independence
DRAFT
(He has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our
frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule
of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages,
sexes, & conditions of existence.
[He has incited treasonable insurrections of our fellow
citizens, with the allurements of forfeiture & confiscation
of our property
REVISION
He has excited domestic insurrection amongst us, and has
endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers,
the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of
warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages,
sexes and conditions.
Why might the Continental Congress have revised this portion of the draft?