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Why did Jefferson list specific grievances against George lll

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The Declaration lists these grievances to not only present the colonial case to the King, but to also appeal to potential sympathetic foreign allies, most notably France, of whom the newly developing nation would request both military and economic support during the revolution, as well as potential allies and tradeing

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