Thomas Jefferson listed 27 abuses committed by King George III against the colonies:
1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good.
2. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
3. He has refused to pass other Laws for the Accommodation of large Districts of People; unless those People would relinquish the Right of Representation in the Legislature, a Right inestimable to them,...
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