The history of the present [whatever he is] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
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In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A […] whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
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For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.