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The US Declaration of Independence sets out 27 ‘injuries and usurpations’ against King George III, accusing him of being a tyrant and a despot. This 4 page paper looks at five of these claims and identifies historical facts that support these claims. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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as well as the founding of a nation. The colonies were breaking free from the British colonial power with the King George III being accused of being a despot and
a tyrant. The Declaration justifies the action of breaking free with the values that are put forth and with the assertion that there is a right of the people to
alter or abolish the government when it becomes destructive (Becker, 1958). In the Declaration there are 27 injuries and usurpations. These are accusation that can be seen as based on
fact; this can be seen by looking at some examples. The King is accused if having "affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power".
It may be argued that there is a basis of fact for this. An example can be seen looking at the Boston Tea Party which took place in 1774. Following
this the government tried to make an example out of Massachusetts with a series of acts knows at the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts. The four acts were interpreted
by those in the colonies as a direct attack on their civil rights (Ammerman, 1974). The forth of these acts is noteworthy to demonstrate the objections, s this allowed the
government to place troops in civilian households in order to use them as lodging or barracks (Ammerman, 1974). This also leads to another claimed injury "he has kept us,
in times of peace, standing armies without consent of our legislatures". The objections to the way troops were managed and used; this takes the objection further, extending it to their
presence at times of peace. It was through the Intolerable Acts that the government had the power to keep the standing army. The army was not just present, but a
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