What argument does the author anticipate and indirectly refute in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Respuesta :

If the colonists are suffering, they need to first submit a petition to Parliament. 

Answer:

If the colonists are suffering, they need to first submit a petition to Parliament.

Explanation:

The author is talking about how the settlers are unhappy about many things and this unhappiness should be claimed from the parliament, so the parliament should have a representative of the settlers. That is, what the author anticipates and indirectly remarks is that if the settlers are suffering, they must first submit a petition to Parliament.