Complaints
Against
King George III
The colonists had a list of complaints against King George III of Great Britain.Column A shows how the complaints were written in the Declaration of Independence.
Match each complaint in Column A with its meaning in Column B.
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Column A |
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Column B |
| ____1. He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. | A. He has changed the way our colonies are governed. | |
| _____2. He has declared us out of his protection. | B. He has forced us to keep troops in our houses. | |
| _____3. He has agreed to laws that called for quartering large bodies of troops among us. | C. He has not passed laws that help the colonists. | |
| _____4. …cutting off our trade with all parts of the world. | D. He has taxed us without consulting us. | |
| _____5. …imposing taxes on us without our consent. | E. He has stopped us from trading with any other country. | |
| _____6. …depriving us in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury. | F. He has not allowed us to have jury trials. | |
| _____7. …taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our government. | G. He has made war upon our people and our land. | |
| ____8. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. | H. He has said that he will not protect us from our enemies. |
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