arbitrary government, and establishing therein an
enlarging its boundaries, so arbitrary government, and
as to render it at once an enlarging its boundaries, so
example and fit instrument for as to render it at once an
introducing the same absolute example and fit instrument for
rule into these _states_; for introducing the same absolute
taking away our charters, rule into these _colonies_;
abolishing our most valuable for taking away our charters,
laws, and altering fundamentally abolishing our most valuable
the forms of our governments; laws, and altering fundamentally
for suspending our the forms of our governments;
own legislatures, and declaring for suspending our own
themselves invested with legislatures, and declaring
power to legislate for us in themselves invested with
all cases whatsoever. power to legislate for us in
all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government He has abdicated government
here, _withdrawing his here _by declaring us out
governors and declaring us of his protection and waging
out of his allegiance and war against us_.
protection_.

He has plundered our seas,
ravaged our coasts, burnt our Not altered.
towns and destroyed the lives
of our people.

He is at this time transporting He is at this time transporting
large armies of foreign large armies of foreign