In regard to the treatment of King George III in the Declaration of Independence, the authors of your text point out all of the following EXCEPT:
a. He was unaware of the idea of a social contract, so he did not realize he was "violating" it.
b. The goal of the Declaration was to discredit King George III.
c. He was certainly a tyrant whose acts justified the revolution.
d. Many of the actions credited to the king in the Declaration were actually acts of Parliament.
e. Many of the acts the colonists complained about were normal acts of colonial power.