ing
distinguished period and_ invariably the same object,
pursuing invariably the same evinces a design to reduce
object, evinces a design to them under absolute despotism,
reduce them under absolute it is their right, it is
despotism, it is their right, their duty to throw off such
it is their duty to throw off government, and to provide
such government, and to provide new guards for their future
new guards for their security. Such has been the
future security. Such has patient sufferance of these
been the patient sufferings of colonies, and such is now the
these colonies; and such is necessity which constrains
now the necessity which constrains them to _alter_ their former
them to _expunge_ their systems of government. The
former systems of government. history of the present king of
The history of the Great Britain is a history of
present king of Great Britain _repeated_ injuries and
is a history of _unremitting_ usurpations, _all having_
injuries and usurpations in direct object
_among which appears no the establishment of an
solitary fact to contradict the absolute tyranny over these
uniform tenor of the rest, but states. To prove this let facts
all have_ in direct object the be submitted to a candid
establishment of an absolute world.
tyranny over these states. To
prove this let facts be submitted
to a candid world, _for
the truth of which we pledge
a faith yet unsullied by
falsehood_.

He has refused his assent
to laws the most wholesome Not altered.
and necessary for the public
good.

He has forbidden his
governors to pass laws of
immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended Not altered.
in their operation till his
assent should be obtained;
and when so suspended he
has utterly neglected to
attend to them.

He has refused to pass
other laws for the accommodation
of large districts of
people, unless those people
would relinquish the right of Not altered.
representation in the
legislature, a right inestimable
to them, and formidable to
tyrants only.

He has called together
legislative bodies at places
unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depositary of Not altered.
their public records, for the