MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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honorable but sets taxes too high
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kind to his British subjects
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intolerably tyrannical
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misguided, but willing to change
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Detailed explanation-1: -The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
Detailed explanation-2: -King George III extended his tyrannical control by interfering with the objective judicial processes and the civil rights of the colonists. King George III prevented the establishment of judicial powers in the colonies and made judges dependent on him for their jobs and salaries.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the British press, the publications that discussed the Declaration generally reacted with contempt toward the ideology expressed by its preamble, and anger at the ingratitude showed by the colonists toward their king.