Declaration of Independence 3

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...