Saturday, June 20th, 2009 | Author: markross
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world”…
– (view grievances) – “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”… – From The Declaration of Independence Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson Further reading: While evils are sufferable And they appealed to their British brothers And they mutually pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor
Category: American History, Thomas Jefferson
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Have we not written tirelessly to our Representatives?