Both Uses of
endeavor
in
The Declaration of Independence
- He has endeavoured 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.†
endeavoured = tried or attemptedunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use endeavored.
- ...and has endeavoured to bring...
*
Definition:
to attempt; or a project or activity attempted