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Which British action led to the listing of these grievances in the declaration of independence

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Geoff Smock: This grievance complained about the Quebec Act, which abolished “the free System of English Laws” there, established “an arbitrary government” comprised of officers serving only at the pleasure of the king, and enlarged its borders into western lands that colonists coveted – rendering “an example and fit.
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