If you signed it you be considerd a traitor and traitors would be hung.
We were betraying them. Which we did. :)
grievances/complaints
Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists.
The cause of the Declaration of Independence was the laws and taxes that Britain forced on the colonies. The declaration listed the complaints of the colonists, and declared independence from England. The result was the American War of Independence, in which America was victorious.
declaration of independence
The king repeatedly dissolved colonial legislatures
The first page gives the rational and philosophy of the document. The second page is the complaints against the king. The final page is Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration listed colonial complaints about many British policies.
a record of complaints against King George III
it was an introduction; a declaration of rights; a list of complaints against the king; and a resolution of independence
When the U.S. was founded, they fixed all the problems listed in the Declaration of Independence in the Constitution. The Constitution ensured that their rights were protected against anything, including the government.
Argue that a new government was necessary to protect the rights of the people.