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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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