in the declaration of independance?

Question

what were 15 complaints about the king?

i need a sentence telling what they mean...in an understandable language...

Answer 1

Here they are. Note that there are effectively 18, but the last 3 are motions suggesting him to be paranoid and taking preemptive steps to suppress the colonies. Also notice that for #13, there is a list of all laws which are suspected of being passed to directly restrict 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 and formidable to tyrants only.

4)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.

5)He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

6)He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

7)He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

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

9)He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

10)He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

11)He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

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

13)He 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:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

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

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended 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 taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

14)He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

15)He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

E1)He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

E2)He has 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.

E3)He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Answer 2

Yeah, number one is that we in 20-21-22-23rd century would be declaring independence from each other, amazing, unbelievable, how historic, what a mother of all insanity how sad!!! :) :) :)

Answer 3

"He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for he public good.
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.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of reprensentation in the legislature; a right inestimable to them, and formidable ot tyrants only.
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.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose, obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in time of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our leislatures.
He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power. He 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:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them by a mock trial, from punishment, for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us, in many cases, of hte benefit of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring 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 taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally, the powers of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us.
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 mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the head of a civilized nation.
He has 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.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and ha endeavored to bring on the ingabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sees, and conditions."

I found more then 15 starting with "He" or "For" but I think some are repeated so just go though this list and pick them out-think about it.

Answer 4

I believe there are more than 15.

(The author(s) of the Declaration enumerated the crimes of the King as such:)

!. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

(The king is not obeying the laws)

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.

(This means that the king has not allowed the states to make their own laws.)

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 and formidable to tyrants only.

(The king has prevented important cities from having representation in parliament)

4. 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.

(he makes representative from the colonies attend sessions of parliament all the way across the Atlantic in England; they are so tired after the long journey that they haven't the energy to assert their requests)

5. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

(A number of times, the king abolished the legislative bodies of the colonies and replaced them with governors appointed by the king)

6. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

(He didn't let the colonists reelect their representatives after replacing them with supporters of the crown, and this has left the colonies vulnerable)

7. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

(the king instituted a number of policies to prevent more people from becoming citizens of the colonies)

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

(The king has not allowed for the development of a separate judicial branch, that is, an independent court system)

9. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

(all of the judges in the court system are under the direction of the King)

10. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

(For example, increased customs houses - the king established new bureaucratic offices like this to collect taxes and enforce policies)

11. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

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

(The authors are complaining about the danger and threat of having military units in the colonies, during peacetime - this was considered tyrannical in the 1700s. In fact, many of the representatives at the Constitutional Convention argued about the danger of having a standing army in times of peace, and it was not unitl WWII that most Americans agreed with the concept of having a military armed, trained, and ready to deal with a threat of some sort)

12. He 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:

13. For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

(The Quartering Act was so unpopular - it required everyday people to provide housing, sleeping quarters, and food for British soldiers, even during peace - Amendment 3 of the Bill of Rights)

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

(them refers to British soldiers - they were not held accountable for killing any colonists, even if unprovoked)

15. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
(The British had long restricted trade between the colonists and competitor nations like the French)

16. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
(good old taxation without representation)

17. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

(accused criminals were often denied trial by jury - they were simply declared guilty and punished)

18. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

(colonists accused of smuggling or evading customs laws were routinely shipped off to England ofr a "trial")

19. 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

20..For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

21. For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

(the king dissolved colonial governments that had been empowered by charters previously granted by the crown)
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(The following are acts that the crown committed after the outbreak of war. In 1775 and early 1776, many colonists believed they would eventually make peace with Britain and not seek total independence. What follows are the reasons that revolutionary leaders decided to go for total independence)

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

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 Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has 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.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

(The king had ignored our pleas for change, and he is therefore a tyrant and a bad ruler. He must go)