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What are the 4 key arguments that Thomas Jefferson makes for the colonies’ separation from Great Britain?

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"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the 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 Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to 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."

These are all arguments that the British crown is not doing the best for its people and therefore colonist should act.

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- Refused his Assent of Laws
- Refused to pass laws
- govt can't pass laws
- Called other legislative bodies unusual, etc...
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