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l. For su,nendiny our own lesislstnyes, and
declaring themselves invested with power,
n ler;aate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government herf, by de-
elaring Us out u. Of his pr0teotii'n' any wasing
+ He has plundered our seas; ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives Of our people.
He is, at this time, transporting large
armies Of foreign mcrcenarics, to complete
the works of death, dcsolation, and tyranny,
already begun, with circumstances of cruel
tv and perfdy, scarcely parallelcd in the
most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy
the head Of civilized nation.


He has constrained our fellow citizens,
taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms
against their country, to become the cxccu-
toners of their friends and brethren, or to
| fall themselves by their hands.


| He has excited domestic instructions a
monpst us. and has endcavoured to bring on
the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless
Indian savagcs, whose known rule OF warfare
is an undstingulshed destruction OF all ages,
sexes, and conditions.


! In every stage Of these expressions, we
have petitoned for redress, in the most hum
/
only bv repeated injury. prince whose
character is thus marked, by every act
which may define tyrant, is unfit to be the
rular of Il free people.


Nor have we been wanting in attention to
cur British brethren. We have warned them,
| from time to time, of attempts madeby their
Legislature, to extend AN unwarrantablcj jurls-
diction over us. Wehave appealed to their
native Justice and magnanimi,y, and we have
coniurcd them by the ties of our common
kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which
would inevitably interrupt our connexions
and correspondence. They, tco, have been
deaf to the voice ofjusticc and consanguinity
! Wcmust, therefore, ,acquiescc in the necessity
which dcnounces our separation, and hold
| them as we hold the rest of mankind
enemies in war in peace, friends


| WE, therefore, the representatives of the
United States of America, i'll general con-
grcss assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the world, for the rectitudc of our
intentions, DO, in the name and by the au-
thorty Of the good people of these colonies,
solcmnly publish and declare, that these
united colonies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent states that they are
absolvcd from all allegiance to the British
crown, and that all political conncxion be-
tween them and the state of Great Britain
is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that
as free and independent states, they have
full power to levy war, conclude peace, con
tract alliances, establish commerce, and to
do all other acts and things which indcpen-
dent states may Of right do. And for the
support Of this declaration, with firm reli-
ancc on the protection Of Divine Providence
We mutually pledge to each other our lives
our fortunes, and our sacred honour.