sole purpose of fatiguing
them into compliance with his
measures.

He has dissolved representative He has dissolved representative
houses repeatedly _and houses repeatedly for
continually_, for opposing with opposing with manly firmness
manly firmness his invasions his invasions on the rights of
on the rights of the people. the people.

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 Not altered.
at large for their exercise,
the state remaining, in the
mean time, exposed to the
dangers of invasion from
without and convulsions
within.

He has endeavoured to
prevent the population of
these states; for that purpose
obstructing the laws for the
naturalization of foreigners, Not altered.
refusing to pass others to
encourage their migrations
hither, and raising the
conditions of new appropriations
of lands.

He has _suffered_ the He has _obstructed_ the
administration of justice administration of justice
_totally to cease in some _by_ refusing his assent
of these states_, refusing his to laws for establishing
assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
judiciary powers.

He has made _our_ judges He has made judges dependent
dependent on his will alone on his will alone for the
for the tenure of their offices, tenure of their offices, and the
and the amount and payment amount and payment of their
of their salaries. salaries.

He has erected a multitude He has erected a multitude
of new offices, _by a of new offices, and sent hither
self-assumed power_, and swarms of new officers to
sent hither swarms of new harass our people and eat out
officers to harass our people their substance.
and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us in He has kept among us in
times of peace standing armies times of peace standing armies
_and ships of war_ without without the consent of our
the consent of our legislatures. legislatures.

He has affected to render
the military independence of Not altered.
and superior to the civil
power.

He has combined with He has combi