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the declaration of independence july 4th 1776
but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. — such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. 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.
he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
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for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
for protecting them, by a mock trial from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
for imposing taxes on us without our consent:
for depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of trial by jury:
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he has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
he has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
annotate

1. if subjected to a \long train of abuses\, what is now the \duty\ of the people? to throw off such government and to provide new guards.
2. what does jefferson say has been the object of the kings repeated injuries against the colonies? to establish an absolute tyranny over these.

what does it mean to
efuse his assent to laws\?
what does it mean to \quarter troops\?
quote the line that relates to the phrase
o taxation without representation\.
what is thomas jefferson trying to do by listing these grievances against king george?

Explanation:

1. When people face a long - term pattern of abuses aiming for absolute despotism, their duty is to overthrow the government and establish new safeguards for security. This is based on the idea of the right to revolution as expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
2. Jefferson claims that the King's repeated injuries against the colonies aim to establish absolute tyranny over the states. He lists various grievances to prove this. "Refuse his Assent to Laws" means the King has blocked the passing of beneficial and necessary laws for the public good. "Quarter troops" refers to the forced housing of large numbers of armed soldiers among the colonists. The line related to "no taxation without representation" is "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent." By listing these grievances, Jefferson is justifying the colonies' break from British rule and the pursuit of independence.

Answer:

1. Their duty is to throw off such Government and provide new guards for their future security.
2. The repeated object of the King's injuries against the colonies is to establish an absolute tyranny over these States.

"What does it mean to'refuse his Assent to Laws'?": It means blocking the passing of wholesome and necessary laws for the public good.
"What does it mean to 'quarter troops'?": It means forcing the colonists to house large bodies of armed troops.
"Quote the line that relates to the phrase 'no taxation without representation'": For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.
"What is Thomas Jefferson trying to do by listing these grievances against King George?": Justify the colonies' break from British rule and pursuit of independence.