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 the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their Migrations hither, and raising the Conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the Tenure of their Offices, and the Amount and Payment of their Salaries.

has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their Substance.

has kept among us, in Times of Peace Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures.

has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:

protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

cutting off our Trade with all Parts of the World:

imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

depriving us, in many Cases, of the Benefits of Trial by Jury:

transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offences:

abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an arbitrary Government, and enlarging its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an Example 37