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Read the last four grievances against the king relating to his use of police and military force to impose his will on the colonies and to foment unrest and strife. Remember, if you will, how the government responded to civil strife in 2020.

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Even in 1776, there was not consenus about whether the colonists had in fact tried civil, legal, political, and peaceful means of getting their rights *as Englishmen* back enough.

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