AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
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King George and Parliament have imposed taxes on the colonists without their consent.
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King George has encouraged migration to North America, putting a strain on the original colonists.
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King George has treated Native Americans harshly.
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King George has failed to create new offices that would better serve the colonists.
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King George has made judges dependent on his will alone.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Grievance 1 "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” The Colonial assemblies passed various legislation, including ones on governing their slaves, creating colonial currencies, and requesting representatives to be sent to the British Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three main themes of the colonists’ complaints are individual rights, representation, and taxation. Individual rights are rights guaranteed to people. Representation in the English Parliament was important to the colonists, and the colonists believed that taxation without representation was wrong.
Detailed explanation-3: -To accomplish that, Jefferson and the Continental Congress compiled a laundry list of grievances-27 in total-meant to prove to the world that King George was a “tyrant” and a lawbreaker.