The Main Grievances Listed in the Declaration of Independence

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“No taxation without representation!“
Taxes were imposed upon the colonists without their consent.
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No representation in British Parliament
The colonists had no say in the legislature made and imposed upon them.
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Colonists were sent back to England to be tried for their crimes
They were deprived of their right to trial by jury.
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Standing army even in peacetimes
Threatening to the colonists’ liberties (not to mention the quartering of soldiers they had to experience, which explains the 3rd amendment of the Constitution).
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The British blocked the colonists from…
expanding into the West.
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The British government apparently encouraged the Native Americans to attack the colonists’ territories…
the colonists found this as a violation of their safety and security.