Matching Pairs Declaration of IndependenceOnline version Read a few of the grievances straight from the Declaration of Independence. Then translate them into modern-day English by matching the real text to the correct meaning. by Cassandra Schmittel 1 "He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people." 2 "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" 3 "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." 4 "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." 5 "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people." 6 "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power." 7 "He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us." 8 "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." 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 kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures." The King has made soldiers to be above the law and system of justice. The King has kept an army in the colonies when we are not at war without the consent of the colonial legislatures. The King has allowed the British Navy to be like pirates; forcing colonists captured at sea to kill family and friends to have their own lives spared. The King hired, paid, and fired judges so no trials are fair. The King restricted immigration to the colonies and raised property taxes. The King has hired and paid a foreign army to fight and kill colonists. The King has authorized the destruction of colonial property. The King wouldn’t pass laws unless colonists gave up their right to representation. The King has put an end to the colonial legislatures. Instead of protecting the colonies, the King is waging war against us.
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