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Grievances
Colonial Grievances
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He has refused his Assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. | He has refused to pass laws that the colonies needed |
| He has forbidden his governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance | He has forbidden the legislature to pass laws |
| He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only | -he has refused to pass laws that would benefit particular colonies -he expects that states will give up their right of representation -only a tyrant would fear people having self government |
| He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of public records | he has made it difficult for colonists to participate in governance by holding meetings too far for them to travel |
| He has obstructed the administration of justice by refusing his assent to laws for establishing Judiciary powers | he has forbidden laws to be passed that would establish judiciary powers |
| He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries | he has denied the judges the ability to decide fairly in cases based on facts because he would fire them or decrease their salaries |
| For quartering large bodies of troops among us | he has forced people to house soldiers (Quartering Act) |
| for imposing taxes on us without our consent | taxed without colonial representatives in Parliament |
| For depriving us, in many cases, of the right to a trial by jury | denying those accused to crimes jury trials under circumstances that the colonists deemed appropriate |