THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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He was not born in Great Britain.
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He denied the colonists their rights.
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He was not elected by Parliament.
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He lived far away from the colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.” The King removed judiciary powers from the people in Massachusetts and began paying the judges himself (with profit from the duties on the colonists). He became their new boss.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Quite simply, Jefferson characterizes King George III as engaging in ‘Tyranny’ and ‘Despotism’ and engaging in a ‘long Train of Abuses’ that much of the rest of the document names in full. They range from the petty to the grand, and they were all laid at his feet.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Revolutionary War lasted nearly eight years, largely because King George refused to surrender the colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The heart of the Declaration lies in the 27 separate indictments against George III, whom the founders label a tyrant unfit to rule over a free people. In making such accusations, the authors risked punishment for what the British considered a form of seditious libel.