Next, think about the colonist grievances Jefferson list as reasons the King has violated the natural rights of
the colonists. Below, list the three grievances that you
feel are the worst violations. Explain why you believe
them to be important. Also, note that Jefferson points
to King George III in his list of grievances despite the
fact that Parliament passed the acts and approved the
taxes that led to the colonists calling for independence.
The King, on the other hand, was a monarch with
limited power. Why would Jefferson blame the King for
the problems leading to the Declaration? Explain your
view.
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“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?