Question

From the Declaration of Independence:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

From the Declaration of Sentiments:

After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.

How are these excerpts similar?

Both insist that taxes should be reduced.
Both offer accusations of legal oppression.
Both complain about real estate values.
Both encourage the underprivileged to speak up.

Answer 1

Both offer accusations of legal oppression.

Explanation: Each passage lists grievances about laws and government actions that unjustly deprive a group (colonists; women) of rights and self-government — i.e., legal and political oppression.