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======The Declaration of Independence: | ======The Declaration of Independence: | ||
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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. | IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. | ||
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He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. | He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. | ||
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He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. | He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. | ||
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He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, | He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, | ||
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He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, | He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, | ||
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He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. | He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. | ||
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He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, | He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. | He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. | ||
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He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. | He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. | ||
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. | He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. | ||
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. | He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. | ||
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He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. | He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. | ||
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He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, | He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, | ||
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For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: | For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: | ||
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For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: | For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: | ||
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For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: | For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: | ||
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For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: | For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: | ||
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For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: | For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: | ||
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For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences | For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences | ||
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For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: | For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: | ||
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For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: | For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: | ||
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For suspending our own Legislatures, | For suspending our own Legislatures, | ||
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He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. | He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. | ||
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He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. | He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. | ||
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He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. | He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. | ||
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He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. | He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. | ||
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He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. | He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. | ||
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