According to the drafters of the declaration of independence, how did the king prevent the colonial population from growing?
a. by shutting off all borders of the colonies
b. by killing citizens via systematic ethnic cleansing
c. by making it hard for people to become citizens
d. by limiting the number of children in a family to one

C. By making it hard for people to become citizens  

Explanation:

In the Declaration of Independence, the drafters expound on the maltreatment of King George III. Number 8 on the list is, "He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands."

What the drafters are stating here is that King George III has kept the colonial populace from extending by guaranteeing the naturalization (becoming a citizen) process is hard if certainly feasible for foreigners. He likewise contradicted colonial laws to encourage migration to America. Lastly, he made it troublesome for colonists to get land.

C. By making it hard for people to become citizens

Explanation:

The content and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much academic research. For example, the document justified the independence of the United States by listing the colonial claims against King George III and affirmed certain natural and legal rights, including the right to revolution. After fulfilling its original mission of announcing independence, references to the text of the Declaration were scarce in the following years. Abraham Lincoln made it a central piece of his rhetoric (as in the Gettysburg speech of 1863) and his policies. Since then, it has become a well-known claim on human rights.

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