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Declaration of Independence (view source)
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He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
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Similar to the first grievance, this is an indictment for the King's men in the colonies who have refused to assent to laws conducive to the public good. "Neglect" is one of two reasons mentioned by Locke as a valid reason for dissolving government.
Similar to the first grievance, this is an indictment for the King's men in the colonies who have refused to assent to laws conducive to the public good. "Neglect" is one of two reasons mentioned by Locke as a valid reason for dissolving government.<ref name="LockeGrievances" />
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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 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.
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As noted in Chapter 19 of [[Two Treatises of Government]], "when such a single person, or prince, sets up his own arbitrary will, in place of the laws, which are the will of the society, declared by the legislative, then the legislative is changed." The changing of the legislature without the people's knowledge or without their consent is another way government is then dissolved. Government for the public good is only by the people, and not what is good for the rulers.
As noted in Chapter 19 of [[Two Treatises of Government]], "when such a single person, or prince, sets up his own arbitrary will, in place of the laws, which are the will of the society, declared by the legislative, then the legislative is changed." The changing of the legislature without the people's knowledge or without their consent is another way government is then dissolved. Government for the public good is only by the people, and not what is good for the rulers.<ref name="LockeGrievances" />
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He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
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When the British government became informed of the fact that the Assembly of Massachusetts in 1768 had issued a circular to other Assemblies, inviting their co operation in asserting the principle that Great Britain had no right to tax the colonists without their consent, Lord Hillsborough, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was directed to order the governor of Massachusetts to require the Assembly of that province to rescind its obnoxious resolutions expressed in the circular. In case of their refusal to do so, the governor was ordered to dissolve them immediately. Other Assemblies were warned not to imitate that of Massachusetts, and when they refused to accede to the wishes of the king, as expressed by the several royal governors, they were repeatedly dissolved. The Assemblies of Virginia and North Carolina were dissolved for denying the right of the king to tax the colonies, or to remove offenders out of the country for trial. In 1774, when the several Assemblies entertained the proposition to elect delegates to a general Congress, nearly all of them were dissolved.<ref name="Lossing">[https://books.google.com/books?id=tyIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1824 Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volume 1], by [[Benson John Lossing]]</ref>
On May 31st, 1765, the Virginia House of Burgesses was dissolved by Royal Governor Francis Fauquier.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lq1rd1ecFCYC&pg=PA85 Profiles in Colonial History]</ref>
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He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
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When the Assembly of New York, in 1766, refused to comply with the provisions of the Mutiny Act, its legislative functions were suspended by royal authority, and for several months the State remained "exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without and convulsions within." The Assembly of Massachusetts after its dissolution in July, 1768, was not permitted to meet again until the last Wednesday of May, 1769, and then they found the place of meeting surrounded by a military guard, with cannons pointed directly at their place of meeting. They refused to act under such tyrannical restraint and their legislative power returned to be people.<ref name="Lossing" />
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
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After the passage of the [[Stamp Act]], stamp distributers were appointed in every considerable town. In 1766 and 1767, acts for the collection of duties created "swarms of officers", all of whom received high salaries; and when in 1768, admiralty and vice admiralty courts were established on a new basis, an increase in the number of officers was made. The high salaries and extensive perquisites of all of these, were paid with the people's money, and thus "swarms of officers" "eat out their substance."<ref name="Lossing" />
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