Answer:
When
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</del>
in the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">course</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Course</ins>
of human events, it becomes necessary for
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">a</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">one</ins>
people to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">advance from that subordination in</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">dissolve the political bands</ins>
which
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">they</del>
have
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">hitherto remained</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">connected them with another</ins>
, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">separate and</ins>
equal
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">and independent</del>
station to which the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">nature</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Nature</ins>
and of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">nature's god</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Nature's God</ins>
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">change</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">separation.</ins>
We hold these truths to be
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">[sacred and undeniable] selfevident</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">self-evident</ins>
, that all men are created equal
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">and independent;</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
that
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">from</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,</ins>
that
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">equal creation they derive in rights inherent and inalienables,</del>
among
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">which are the preservation of life, and liberty</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">these are Life, Liberty,</ins>
and the pursuit of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">happiness; that</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Happiness. That</ins>
to secure these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">ends, governments</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">rights, Governments</ins>
are instituted among
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">men</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Men</ins>
, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">; that</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">. That</ins>
whenever any
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">form</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Form</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">government shall become</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Government becomes</ins>
destructive of these ends, it is the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">right</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Right</ins>
of the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">people</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">People</ins>
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">government</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Government</ins>
, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">it's</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">its</ins>
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">safety</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Safety</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">happiness. prudence</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Happiness. Prudence</ins>
, indeed, will dictate that
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">governments</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Governments</ins>
long established should not be changed for light and transient causes
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</ins>
and accordingly all experience hath shewn
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
that mankind are more disposed to suffer
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">but</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">But</ins>
when a long train of abuses and usurpations,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">begun at a distinguished period, and</del>
pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">[subject]</del>
reduce them
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">to arbitrary power</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">under absolute Despotism</ins>
, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">government</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Government</ins>
, and to provide new
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">guards</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Guards</ins>
for their future security.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">--</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33"></del>
Such has been the patient sufferance of these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">colonies</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Colonies</ins>
; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">expunge</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">alter</ins>
their former
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">systems</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Systems</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">government. the</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Government. The</ins>
history of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">his</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">the</ins>
present
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">majesty</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">King of Great Britain [George III]</ins>
is a history of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">unremitting</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">repeated</ins>
injuries and usurpations,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">among which no fact stands single or solitary to contradict the uniform tenor of the rest,</del>
all
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">of which have</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">having</ins>
in direct object the establishment of an absolute
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">tyranny</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">T</ins>
]
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">yranny</ins>
over these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">states. to</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">States. To</ins>
prove this, let
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">facts</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Facts</ins>
be submitted to a candid world
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
He has refused his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">assent</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Assent</ins>
to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
He has forbidden his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">governors</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Governors</ins>
to pass
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">assent</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Assent</ins>
should be obtained
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
and when so suspended, he has
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">utterly</ins>
neglected
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">utterly</del>
to attend to them.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33"></del>
He has refused to pass other
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
for the accommodation of large districts of people
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
unless those people would relinquish the right of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">representation [</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Representation</ins>
in the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">legislature],</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Legislature,</ins>
a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.</ins>
He has dissolved
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">representative houses</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Representative Houses</ins>
repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">[he has dissolved]he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has refused for a long
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">space of</del>
time,
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">after such dissolutions,</ins>
to cause others to be elected
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</ins>
whereby the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">legislative</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Legislative</ins>
powers, incapable of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">annihilation</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Annihilation</ins>
, have returned to the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">people</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">People</ins>
at large for their exercise
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</ins>
the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">state</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">State</ins>
remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">endeavored</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">endeavoured</ins>
to prevent the population of these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">states</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">States</ins>
; for that purpose obstructing the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
for
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">naturalization</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Naturalization</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">foreigners</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Foreigners</ins>
; refusing to pass others to encourage their
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">migration</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">migrations</ins>
hither, and raising the conditions of new
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">appropriations</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Appropriations</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">lands:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Lands.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">suffered</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">obstructed</ins>
the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">administration</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Administration</ins>
of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">justice totally to cease in some of these colonies,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Justice, by</ins>
refusing his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">assent</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Assent</ins>
to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">laws</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Laws</ins>
for establishing
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">judiciary powers:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Judiciary Powers.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has made
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">our judges</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Judges</ins>
dependent on his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">will</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Will</ins>
alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">and payment</ins>
of their salaries.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has erected a multitude of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">new offices by a self-assumed power</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">New Offices</ins>
, and sent hither swarms of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">officers</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Officers</ins>
to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">harrass</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">harass</ins>
our people, and eat out their substance.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has kept among us, in times of peace,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">standing armies and ships of war:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Standing Armies, without the consent of our legislatures.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has affected to render the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">military,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Military</ins>
independent of and superior to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">civil</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">the Civil</ins>
power
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">constitutions,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">constitution</ins>
and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">assent</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Assent</ins>
to their
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Acts of</ins>
pretended
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">acts of legislation, for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Legislation:
For</ins>
quartering large bodies of armed troops
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">among</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">among</ins>
us
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:
For</ins>
protecting them
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</del>
by
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">a</ins>
mock
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">trial,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Trial</ins>
from punishment for any
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">murders [</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Murders</ins>
which
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">]</del>
they should commit on the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">inhabitants</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Inhabitants</ins>
of these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">states; for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">States:
For</ins>
cutting off our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">trade</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Trade</ins>
with all parts of the world
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:
For</ins>
imposing
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">taxes</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Taxes</ins>
on us without our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">consent;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Consent:
For</ins>
depriving us
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">in many cases</ins>
of the benefits of
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">trial</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Trial</ins>
by
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">jury;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Jury:
For</ins>
transporting us beyond
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">seas</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Seas</ins>
to be tried for pretended
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">offenses;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">offences:
For 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 and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For</ins>
taking away our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">charters, and</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and</ins>
altering fundamentally the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">forms</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Forms</ins>
of our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">governments;</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">for</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Governments:
For</ins>
suspending our own
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">legislatures</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Legislatures</ins>
, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has abdicated
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">government</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Government</ins>
here
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">, withdrawing his governors, and</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">by</ins>
declaring us out of his
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">alegiance</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Protection</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">protection;</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">waging War against us.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has plundered our seas, ravaged our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">coasts</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Coasts</ins>
, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
is at this time transporting large
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">armies</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Armies</ins>
of foreign
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">mercenaries</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Mercenaries</ins>
to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">compleat</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">complete</ins>
the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally</ins>
unworthy the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">head</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Head</ins>
of a civilized nation
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He</ins>
has
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">endeavored</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.</ins>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured</ins>
to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">,</ins>
the merciless Indian
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">savages</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Savages</ins>
, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">of existence:</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he has incited treasonable insurrections of our fellow citizens with the allurements of forfeiture and confiscation of our property:</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incure miserable death in their transportation hither. this piratical warfare, the opprobium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. [determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold,] he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce [determining to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold]: and that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he had deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another.</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">in</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">In</ins>
every stage of these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">oppressions</del>
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">we</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Oppressions We</ins>
have
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">petitioned</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Petitioned</ins>
for
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">redress</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Redress</ins>
in the most humble terms
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">: our</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">. Our</ins>
repeated
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">petitions</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Petitions</ins>
have been answered only by repeated injury.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">a prince</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">A Prince</ins>
, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">tyrant</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Tyrant</ins>
, is unfit to be the ruler of a
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">people who mean to be</del>
free
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">. future ages will scarce believe that the hardiness of one man, adventured within the short compass of twelve years only, on so many acts of tyranny without a mask, over a people fostered and fixed in principles of liberty.</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33"> people.</ins>
Nor have
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">we</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">We</ins>
been wanting in
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">attention</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">attentions</ins>
to our British brethren.
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">we</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">We</ins>
have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">these our states. we</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">us. We</ins>
have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">, no one of which could warrant so strange a pretension: that these were effected at the expence of our own blood and treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of Great Britain: that in constituing indeed our several forms of government, we had adopted one common king, thereby laying a foundation for perpetual league and amity with them: but that submission to their parliament was no part of our constitution, nor ever in idea, if history may be credited: and we</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">. We have</ins>
appealed to their native justice and magnanimity,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">as well as to</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">and we have conjured them by</ins>
the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">were likely to</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">would inevitably</ins>
interrupt our
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">connections and</ins>
correspondence
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">and connections. they</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">. They</ins>
too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">, and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have by their free election re-established them in power. at this very time too they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and deluge us in blood. these facts have given the last stab to agonizing affection, and manly spirit bids us to renounce forever these unfeeling brethren.</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">.</ins>
We must
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">endeavor to forget our former love for them</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation</ins>
, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">enemies in war, in peace friends. we might have been a free and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur and of freedom it seems is below their dignity. be it so, since they will have it: the road to [glory and] happiness [and to glory] is open to us too; we will climb it apart from them [in a separate state] and acquiesce in the necessity which denounces [pronounces][ our [everlasting Adieu!] eternal separation!</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.</ins>
We, therefore,the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">representatives</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Representatives</ins>
of the United States of America, in General Congress,
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">assembled</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions,</ins>
do
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33"></del>
, in the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">name</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Name</ins>
, and by the authority of the good
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">people</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">People</ins>
of these
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">states, reject</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Colonies, solemnly publish</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">renounce the allegiance</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">declare. That these United Colonies are,</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">subjection</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">of Right ought</ins>
to
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">the kinds of Great Britain</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">be Free</ins>
and
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Independent States; that they are Absolved from</ins>
all
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">others whe may herafter claim by, through, or under them; we utterly dissolve</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Allegiance to the British Crown,</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">break off</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">that</ins>
all political connection
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">which may have heretofore subsisted</del>
between
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">us</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">them</ins>
and the
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">people or parliament</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">State</ins>
of Great Britain
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">;</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">is</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">finally we do assert and declare these colonies</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">ought</ins>
to be
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">free and independent states,</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">totally dissolved;</ins>
and that as
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">free</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Free</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">independent states</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Independent States,</ins>
they
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">shall herafter</del>
have
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">[</del>
full
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">] power</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Power</ins>
to levy
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">war</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">War</ins>
, conclude
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">peace</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Peace</ins>
, contract
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">alliances</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Alliances</ins>
, establish
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">commerce</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Commerce</ins>
, and to do all other
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">acts</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Acts</ins>
and
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">things</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Things</ins>
which
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">independent states</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Independent States</ins>
may of right do. And for the support of this
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">declaration</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,</ins>
we mutually pledge to each other our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">lives</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Lives</ins>
, our
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">fortunes</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Fortunes,</ins>
and our sacred
<del cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">honor</del>
<ins cite="mailto:David" datetime="2009-01-03T21:33">Honor</ins>
.