Question

Read this quote from the article. “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.” What were the Founding Fathers saying here?

Answer 1

They were saying that the ruling British monarch at the time of the American Revolution, King George III, had engaged in actions that had shown how little he cared for the American colonists as these actions had led to hardships on their part.

They imply that these actions were done to enable King George III to impose absolute control over the Colonies like he were a dictator and they were his mere servants with no say on how they were to be ruled.