Of those they govern: That when any form Of Government is proved to be destructive Of these their ends, it is the People's right To alter, or abolish it, and found A Government anew, with principles So laid for its foundation, and with powers In such form organized, as shall to them Seem most conducive to their happiness And safety. Prudence will, indeed, dictate That long-established Governments should not Be changed for any light or transient cause: And all experience, accordingly, Hath shown that men are more disposed to suffer, So long as evils are endurable, Than to assert their rights, and throw aside Their customary forms. But when abuses And usurpations, in a lengthened train, Pursue an object steadfastly, evincing A firm design to bow them down beneath Absolute despotism, it is their right, It is their bounden duty, to throw off Such Government, and to provide new guards For their security in future. Such Has been the patient sufferance of these Our Colonies, and such is now the need, That forces them to change their present systems Of Government. Great Britain's present King Hath made his history the history Of usurpation, and of injuries Often repeated, and directly tending To the establishment of Tyranny Over these States: to prove this, let the World In candour listen to undoubted facts. He has refused to give assent to laws, Wholesome, and needful for the public good. He has denied his Governors the power To sanction laws of pressing urgency, Unless suspended in their operation, Till his assent should be obtained; and when Suspended thus, he has failed wilfully To give them further thought. He has refused To sanction other laws, deemed advantageous To districts thickly peopled, unless they, Who dwelt therein, would basely throw away Their right to representatives--a right Inestimable, to themselves and only To Tyrants formidable. In the hope To weary them into a weak compliance With his obnoxious measures, he has summoned The Legislative Bodies to assemble At places inconvenient, and unusual, And whence their public records were remote. He has repeatedly dissolved the Houses Of Representatives for interfering With manly firmness, when he has invaded The People's rights. Long time he has refused, After such dissolutions, to convene Others in lieu of them; whereby, the powers Of Legislation, since they might not be Annihilated, have for exercise Been forced upon the body of the people; Leaving, meanwhile, the unprotected State To dangers of invasion from without, And inward anarchy. He has endeavoured