独立宣言 The Declaration of Independence（2/2）

He has affected to rehe Military depe of and superior to the Civil power.

He has bed with others to subjectto a jurisdi fn to our nstitution and unaowledged by our ws; givg his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legistion:

For quarterg rge bodies of ard troops aong ;

For protectg the by a ock Trial fro punishnt for any Murders which they should it on the Inhabitants of these States;

For cuttg off our trade with all parts of the world;

For iposg taxes onwithout our ;

For deprivgany cases of the bes of trial by jury;

For transpbeyoo be tried for pretended offences;

For abolishg the free syste of English Lawsa neighb Provce, establishg there an Arbitrary governnt, and enrgg its Boundaries so as to re at on exaple and fit strunt for troducg the sa absote rule to these lonies;

For takg away our charters, abolishg our ost vaable Laws and alterg fundantally the fors of overnnts;

For spendg our owures, and decrg theselves vested with power to legiste forall cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated governnt here by decrgout of his prote and wagg war agast .

He has pndered our seas, ravaged our asts, burnt our towns, aroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this ti transp rge aries of fn raries to plete the works of death, desotion and tyranny, already begun with circes of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleledthe ost barbaro ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has nstraed our fellow Citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear Ars agast their untry, to bee the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall theselves by their hands.

In every stage of these oppressioioned for redressthe ost huble ters.Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated jury.A prce, whose character is th arked by every act which ay defe a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wantgattentions to our British brethren.

We have warhe fro ti to ti of attepts by their legisture to extend an unwarrantable jurisdi over .

We have reded the of the circes of ratio here.

We have appealed to their native jtid agnaniity, and we have he by the ties of our on kdred to disavow these urpations, which would evitably terrupt our ions and rrespondence.

They too have beeo the voice of jtid of nsanguity.We t, therefore, acquiescethe y, which denounces our Separation, and hold the, as we hold the rest of ankd, EneiesWar,Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the Uates of Arica,General gress, Assebled, appealg to the supre judge of the world for the rectitude of our tentions, do,the na, and by the authority of the good people ofthese lonies, solenly publish and decre.That these united lonies are, and ht ought to be free and depe states; that they are absolved fro all Allegiao the British , and that all politiiohe and the State of Great Brita is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and depe states, they have full power to levy war, ncde Peatract alliances, establish Corce, and to do all other Acts and Thgs which depe states ay ht do.

And for the support of this Decration, with a fir relian the prote of dive providence, we utually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.