This excerpt from the declaration of “such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.” which statement best describes the excerpt? 1 - this is the minor premise of the declaration of independence. 2 - this is the major premise of the declaration of independence. 3 - this is the evidence presented in the declaration of independence. 4 - this is the conclusion of the declaration of independence.