Declaration of Independence
Refer to the Revolutionary War Timeline
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
|Complaints from the American Colonies |Actions of King George III |
|1 He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary |New laws were required due to the rising populations This charge |
|for the public good. |refers to the fact that several of the colonies had been obliged from |
| |their establishment to submit their laws to the King for his approval.|
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|2. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and |This refers to the policy of requiring the colonial governors or chief|
|pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his |executives within each colony to suspend certain kinds of laws passed |
|Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly |by the Colonial assemblies until the King should give his assent to |
|neglected to attend to them. |them |
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|3. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large |This charge refers to a grievance that arose because of...
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